Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

शांभवेनाथ योगेन देहमुत्सृज्य पार्थिवम् । आससादाशवं शांतं शांतसर्वेंद्रियार्थकः

Transliteration

śāṃbhavenātha yogena dehamutsṛjya pārthivam | āsasādāśavaṃ śāṃtaṃ śāṃtasarveṃdriyārthakaḥ

Translation

अथ शांभवेन योगेन पार्थिवं देहमुत्सृज्य स शांतं पदमाससाद; सर्वेन्द्रियार्थाः शान्ता अभवन्।

Word by Word

• शाम्भवेन: by Śāmbhava
• शाम्भवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; योगेन इत्यस्य विशेषण (Śāmbhava-yoga)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तर्य-बोधक-अव्यय (particle: then/now)

• योगेन: by yoga
• योगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देहम्: the body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned
• उत्सृज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + सृज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); अर्थः—having abandoned/left

• पार्थिवम्: earthly
• पार्थिवम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देहम् इत्यस्य विशेषण

• आससाद: attained, reached
• आससाद: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• आशवम्: Āśava (name/place/state)
• आशवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शान्तम्: peaceful, calm
• शान्तम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आशवम् इत्यस्य विशेषण

• शान्तसर्वेन्द्रियार्थकः: whose all sense-objects were stilled
• शान्तसर्वेन्द्रियार्थकः: Visheshana (Adjective of implied subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त + सर्व + इन्द्रिय + अर्थक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—शान्ताः सर्वे इन्द्रियार्थाः यस्य (तत्पुरुषः; बहुपद-समास)

Speaker

Skanda

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Primary interlocutor(s) of Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ratnabhadra seated in yogic posture on a high mountain ledge, eyes half-closed, aura calm; senses symbolically subdued (quiet animals, still wind), as the subtle body rises toward a serene light.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śāmbhava)
• Śāmbhava-yoga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic life can culminate in yogic release: serenity arises when the senses and their cravings are calmed through Śiva-centered yoga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it presents a Shaiva yogic attainment that supports the chapter’s broader Kāśī Māhātmya frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a ritual but a discipline: Śāmbhava-yoga (Śiva-oriented yogic practice) leading to inner peace and transcendence.