Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

न निद्रामि न जागर्मि नाश्नामि न पिबाम्यहम् । ध्यायामि केवलं त्वाऽहं योगिनीव वियोगिनी

Transliteration

na nidrāmi na jāgarmi nāśnāmi na pibāmyaham | dhyāyāmi kevalaṃ tvā'haṃ yoginīva viyoginī

Translation

నేను నిద్రపోను, నిజంగా మేల్కొనను; తినను, త్రాగను. నేను కేవలం నిన్నే ధ్యానిస్తాను—యోగినిలా, కాని వియోగంతో బాధపడే వియోగినిలా.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• nidrāmi: I sleep
• nidrāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nidrā (निद्रा; denominative)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘I sleep’

• na: not
• na: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• jāgarmi: I stay awake
• jāgarmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jāgar (जागर्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘I am awake’

• na: not
• na: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• aśnāmi: I eat
• aśnāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √aś (अश्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Modifier (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• pibāmi: I drink
• pibāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pā (पा)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• dhyāyāmi: I meditate/think
• dhyāyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhyai (ध्यै)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• kevalam: only
• kevalam: Modifier (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (only/merely)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (पुनरुक्त-प्रयोगः)

• yoginī: a yoginī
• yoginī: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• iva: like
• iva: Modifier (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-निपात (like/as)

• viyoginī: a woman in separation
• viyoginī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viyoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपद-विशेषण

Speaker

A royal mother/queen (rājapatnī), speaking to her son

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman/seeker sits motionless, eyes half-closed, body weakened by fasting and sleeplessness; yet her face is luminous with unwavering contemplation—‘yoginī-like’ in posture, ‘virahinī-like’ in emotion.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginī (as simile)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed remembrance can resemble yogic concentration; intense love becomes a form of inner austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite; the ‘practice’ implied is continuous meditation/remembering.