Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

उत्तरांश्च कुरून्प्राप चरंती नीरसंतृणम् । व्युत्तेपे च तपस्तीव्रं पतिमाधाय चेतसि । तपोबलेन तत्पत्युः सहिष्ये तेज इत्यलम्

Transliteration

uttarāṃśca kurūnprāpa caraṃtī nīrasaṃtṛṇam | vyuttepe ca tapastīvraṃ patimādhāya cetasi | tapobalena tatpatyuḥ sahiṣye teja ityalam

Translation

นางไปถึงแดนกุรุทางเหนือ เที่ยวเร่บนหญ้าแห้งไร้น้ำ แล้วตั้งพระสวามีไว้ในดวงใจ บำเพ็ญตบะอันรุนแรง พร้อมปณิธานว่า “ด้วยกำลังแห่งตบะ เราจักทนเดชเพลิงของพระสวามีนั้นได้—พอแล้ว!”

Word by Word

• उत्तरान्: northern
• उत्तरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

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

• कुरून्: the Kurus (people/region)
• कुरून्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• प्राप: reached
• प्राप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• चरन्ती: wandering
• चरन्ती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चर (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (Present Active Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नीरसम्: tasteless, dry
• नीरसम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीरसम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तृणम्: grass
• तृणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• व्युत्तेपे: performed austerity intensely / undertook penance
• व्युत्तेपे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + उत् + √तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तीव्रम्: intense
• तीव्रम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पतिम्: husband, lord
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आधाय: having fixed/placed
• आधाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; (having placed/fixed)

• चेतसि: in the mind
• चेतसि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तपोबलेन: by the power of austerity
• तपोबलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; (तपसः बलम्)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; (in compound relation with पत्यूः)

• पत्युः: of (her) husband
• पत्युः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सहिष्ये: I shall endure
• सहिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सह् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तेजः: splendour, energy
• तेजः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• अलम्: enough; so be it
• अलम्: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम् (अव्यय)
• Form: पर्याप्त्यर्थक/निवारणार्थक अव्यय (particle: enough/so be it)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uttara Kuru (mythic)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mare wanders in a stark northern landscape with pale grasses and cold winds; she stands in stillness, eyes closed, ‘holding the Lord in her mind,’ radiating tapas-heat against a frigid horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Uttara Kuru
• Tapas
• Pati (husband/Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas empowered by steady contemplation of the Lord gives the capacity to endure trials and transform one’s destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A northern sacred region (Uttara Kuru) is referenced as a setting, but the verse is not a direct tirtha-mahātmya praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Intense tapas and mental fixation on the Lord are indicated, without a detailed procedural rite.