Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

उद्दिष्ट उपविष्टोसौ यो जपेद्ध्यानमुद्रया । एष प्रतिग्रहं त्वत्तो ग्रहीष्यति न चेतरः

Transliteration

uddiṣṭa upaviṣṭosau yo japeddhyānamudrayā | eṣa pratigrahaṃ tvatto grahīṣyati na cetaraḥ

Translation

«ဟိုမှာ ထိုင်နေသူကို ငါတို့က သတ်မှတ်ပြထားသည်။ သူသည် ဓျာန်မုဒြာဖြင့် မန္တရားကို တိတ်တဆိတ် ရွတ်ဆိုနေ၏။ သင်ထံမှ အလှူကို သူပဲ လက်ခံမည်၊ အခြားသူ မဟုတ်»။

Word by Word

• uddiṣṭaḥ: indicated/pointed out
• uddiṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud√diś (धातु) → uddiṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘pointed out/indicated’

• upaviṣṭaḥ: seated
• upaviṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa√viś (धातु) → upaviṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘seated’

• asau: that man
• asau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; दूरवाचक सर्वनाम

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• japet: should mutter/recite
• japet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• dhyāna-mudrayā: with the meditation-gesture (mudrā)
• dhyāna-mudrayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक) + mudrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ध्यानस्य मुद्रा)

• eṣaḥ: this (man)
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समीपवाचक

• pratigraham: the gift/acceptance (of a gift)
• pratigraham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tvattaḥ: from you
• tvattaḥ: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• grahīṣyati: will accept/take
• grahīṣyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक अव्यय

• itaraḥ: another (person)
• itaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: itara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Characters & Entities

• japa
• dhyāna-mudrā
• pratigraha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer signs of spiritual discipline (japa, dhyāna) are used to identify a suitable recipient, stressing that dāna should be aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse focuses on the recipient rather than a site; the broader Kāśī setting and Cakrasarasa context continue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa (muttering sacred recitation) and dhyāna (meditation) are referenced, alongside the act of giving/receiving (dāna/pratigraha).