Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

समाधिना लभेन्मोक्षं त्यक्त्वा धर्मं शुभाशुभम् । आसनेन वपुर्दार्ढ्यं षडंगमिति कीर्तितम्

Transliteration

samādhinā labhenmokṣaṃ tyaktvā dharmaṃ śubhāśubham | āsanena vapurdārḍhyaṃ ṣaḍaṃgamiti kīrtitam

Translation

ਸਮਾਧੀ ਨਾਲ ਮੋਖਸ਼ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਧਰਮ ਦੇ ਸ਼ੁਭ-ਅਸ਼ੁਭ ਫਲਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ ਹੋ ਕੇ। ਆਸਨ ਨਾਲ ਦੇਹ ਨੂੰ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਤਾ ਮਿਲਦੀ ਹੈ—ਇਹੀ ਛੇ ਅੰਗਾਂ ਵਾਲੀ ਸਾਧਨਾ ਕਹੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• samādhinā: by samādhi
• samādhinā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• labhet: should obtain
• labhet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• mokṣam: liberation
• mokṣam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया

• dharmam: dharma, duty
• dharmam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• śubha-aśubham: good and bad (both)
• śubha-aśubham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः (इतर-योग) ‘शुभं च अशुभं च’; dharmam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• āsanena: by posture (āsana)
• āsanena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• vapuḥ-dārḍhyam: firmness/strength of the body
• vapuḥ-dārḍhyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vapus (प्रातिपदिक) + dārḍhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—वपुषः दार्ढ्यम्

• ṣaḍ-aṅgam: sixfold limb/ six parts
• ṣaḍ-aṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः—षड् अङ्गानि यस्य तत्/षडङ्गम्

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative/निर्देशक)

• kīrtitam: is declared/has been stated
• kīrtitam: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘(एतत्) कीर्तितम्’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin in unwavering āsana, body firm like a mountain, mind absorbed; above, symbolic scales of puṇya/pāpa dissolve into light; Kāśī’s Viśveśvara linga appears as the axis of stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Samādhi
• Mokṣa
• Āsana
• Ṣaḍaṅga Yoga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is linked to samādhi, portrayed as a state beyond karmic dualities; bodily steadiness supports the path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred milieu; this verse emphasizes sādhanā rather than naming a specific ghāṭa or tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Āsana is prescribed for bodily firmness as part of a sixfold yogic discipline culminating in samādhi.