Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

स तीर्थराजगमनोद्यतस्य शुभजन्मनः । अंगेषु वेपतेऽत्यंतं द्रुमो वातहतो यथा

Transliteration

sa tīrtharājagamanodyatasya śubhajanmanaḥ | aṃgeṣu vepate'tyaṃtaṃ drumo vātahato yathā

Translation

ତୀର୍ଥରାଜଙ୍କୁ ଯିବାକୁ ଉଦ୍ୟତ ସେହି ଶୁଭଜନ୍ମା ପୁରୁଷର ଅଙ୍ଗପ୍ରତ୍ୟଙ୍ଗ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ କମ୍ପିତ ହୁଏ—ବାତାହତ ବୃକ୍ଷ ପରି।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थराजगमनउद्यतस्य: of one intent on going to the king of tīrthas
• तीर्थराजगमनउद्यतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थराज-गमन-उद्यत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: तीर्थराजस्य गमनम् (going to the king of tīrthas) + उद्यत (intent on)

• शुभजन्मनः: of auspicious birth
• शुभजन्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ-जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय: शुभं जन्म यस्य (one of auspicious birth)

• अङ्गेषु: in (his) limbs
• अङ्गेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वेपते: trembles
• वेपते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वेप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• अत्यन्तम्: excessively
• अत्यन्तम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यन्तम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-रूप)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• द्रुमः: a tree
• द्रुमः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वातहतः: struck by wind
• वातहतः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वात-हत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) of हन् (धातु) with instrumental-tatpurusha: वातेन हतः (struck by wind)

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: Upama-suchaka (Comparator/उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (comparative particle: as/like)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prayāga (Tīrtharāja)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim sets out toward Prayāga; his limbs tremble like a wind-shaken tree. The road is lined with banyan and peepal; in the far distance the confluence glimmers.

Characters & Entities

• Prayāga
• Tīrtharāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching a supreme tīrtha can awaken profound inner awe and purification, even manifesting as bodily trembling.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prayāga, called the Tīrtharāja (King of pilgrimage places).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; it depicts the pilgrim’s reverent state while setting out.