Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

ककुद्मान्वृषभश्चाहं योगमाता तपस्विनी । वायुरप्यहमव्यक्तस्त्वं गतिर्मनसूदनी

Transliteration

kakudmānvṛṣabhaścāhaṃ yogamātā tapasvinī | vāyurapyahamavyaktastvaṃ gatirmanasūdanī

Translation

ਮੈਂ ਕਕੁਦਮਾਨ ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭ ਵੀ ਹਾਂ; ਤੂੰ ਯੋਗਮਾਤਾ, ਤਪਸਵਿਨੀ ਹੈਂ। ਮੈਂ ਅਵ੍ਯਕਤ ਵਾਯੂ ਵੀ ਹਾਂ; ਅਤੇ ਤੂੰ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਗਤੀ ਹੈਂ—ਹੇ ਮਨ ਨੂੰ ਦਮਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀ।

Word by Word

• ककुद्मान्: one with a hump (bull)
• ककुद्मान्: Predicate complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: ककुद्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• वृषभः: bull
• वृषभः: Predicate complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• योगमाता: mother of yoga
• योगमाता: Predicate complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mother of yoga)

• तपस्विनी: ascetic, practicing austerity
• तपस्विनी: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (ascetic)

• वायुः: wind
• वायुः: Predicate complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (also)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• अव्यक्तः: unmanifest
• अव्यक्तः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (unmanifest)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• गतिः: movement, course, refuge
• गतिः: Predicate complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• मनसूदनी: mind-stirring, mind-impelling
• मनसूदनी: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् + ऊदनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (one who agitates/impels the mind)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from śaiva identity-statements within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic pairing: a powerful humped bull (kakudmān vṛṣabha) stands beside an ascetic Yogamātā; around them, invisible wind is suggested by swirling cloth and moving leaves, while ‘gati’ is personified as a luminous path curbing a restless mind.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Vṛṣabha (Bull)
• Yogamātā
• Vāyu
• Mind-control

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yoga is portrayed as divine power: stability (bull), ascetic discipline, and the regulation of mind and subtle breath/motion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where devotion is linked with yogic inner mastery in the Māhātmya’s praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; implicit is yogic discipline—mind-restraint and tapas.