Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

ईशोपि श्रुतवृत्तांतस्तार्क्ष्याद्गणप शार्ङ्गिणोः । मनसैव प्रसन्नोभून्न किंचित्पर्यभाषत

Transliteration

īśopi śrutavṛttāṃtastārkṣyādgaṇapa śārṅgiṇoḥ | manasaiva prasannobhūnna kiṃcitparyabhāṣata

Translation

ईशोऽपि तार्क्ष्याद् गणपाच्च शार्ङ्गिणो वृत्तान्तं श्रुत्वा मनसैव प्रसन्नोऽभवत्। स किंचित् अपि न प्रत्यभाषत॥

Word by Word

• ईशः: the Lord (Śiva)
• ईशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Emphasis particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• श्रुत-वृत्तान्तः: having heard the account
• श्रुत-वृत्तान्तः: Karta (Adjectival to subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुत (कृदन्त, श्रु धातु) + वृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (‘heard the account’/‘one who has heard the account’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तार्क्ष्यात्: from Tārkṣya (Garuḍa)
• तार्क्ष्यात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तार्क्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• गणप: O Gaṇapa (Gaṇeśa)
• गणप: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गणप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थक (O Gaṇapa/Gaṇeśa)

• शार्ङ्गिणोः: of the wielder of Śārṅga (Viṣṇu)
• शार्ङ्गिणोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शार्ङ्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (विष्णोः)

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (only/indeed)

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (P.P.P. from प्र-सद्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित (anything)

• परि-अभाषत: spoke, replied
• परि-अभाषत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद/परस्मैपद-प्रयोगभेद; ‘spoke/answered’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa (Tārkṣya) and Gaṇeśa (Gaṇapa) stand as respectful informants; Śiva listens, becomes inwardly pleased, yet remains silent—his calm face and still posture convey assent.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa (Śiva)
• Tārkṣya (Garuḍa)
• Gaṇapa
• Śārṅgī (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine approval can be inward and silent; spiritual authority is not dependent on outward speech but on inner serenity (prasāda).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography, but this verse does not specify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual instruction appears in this verse.