Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

इति चिंतामहाभारं त्यक्त्वा तस्थौ स्थिरोद्यमः । आकांक्षमाणस्तरणे रुदयं ब्राह्मणो यथा

Transliteration

iti ciṃtāmahābhāraṃ tyaktvā tasthau sthirodyamaḥ | ākāṃkṣamāṇastaraṇe rudayaṃ brāhmaṇo yathā

Translation

ดังนั้นเขาสลัดภาระแห่งความกังวลอันใหญ่หลวง แล้วตั้งมั่นด้วยความเพียรอันแน่วแน่—ดุจพราหมณ์ผู้เฝ้าปรารถนาในดวงใจให้สุริยะข้ามผ่าน เพื่อจะได้ออกเดินทางต่อ

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यादि-निपात (quotative/thus)

• ciṃtā-mahā-bhāram: the great burden of worry
• ciṃtā-mahā-bhāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ciṃtā (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (महान् भारः) + षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भावः ‘चिन्तायाः महाभारः’ → ‘great burden of worry’

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) ‘having abandoned’

• tasthau: stood/remained
• tasthau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘stood/remained’

• sthira-udyamaḥ: steadfast in effort
• sthira-udyamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthira (प्रातिपदिक) + udyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘स्थिरः उद्यमः यस्य’ (as adjective: steadfast in effort)

• ākāṃkṣamāṇaḥ: desiring
• ākāṃkṣamāṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kāṅkṣ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (parasmaipada) ‘desiring/expecting’

• taraṇe: in crossing
• taraṇe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in crossing/at the crossing’ (context: in the act of crossing)

• rudayam: rudayaṃ (textual; uncertain)
• rudayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (पाठभेद/अर्थसन्देहः) ‘rudaya’ as object; likely intended ‘hṛdayam’ (heart) or ‘udayaṃ’ (rising) in some recensions

• brāhmaṇaḥ: a Brahmin
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Upamana/Drishtanta (Example-subject/दृष्टान्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘a Brahmin’

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Upamana (Simile-marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमानवाचक (as/just as)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual; within Kāśīkhaṇḍa often Skanda’s discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler-sage stands composed at riverbank at dawn, eyes fixed toward the rising Sun, anxiety cast off; the river current suggests ‘crossing’ and auspicious timing.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Taraṇi/Sun (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Release anxiety and stand steady in dharmic effort; inner firmness enables the right course of action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.