Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

यस्य हस्तौ च पादौ च मनश्चैव सुसंयतम् । विद्या तपश्च कीर्तिश्च स तीर्थफलमश्नुते

Transliteration

yasya hastau ca pādau ca manaścaiva susaṃyatam | vidyā tapaśca kīrtiśca sa tīrthaphalamaśnute

Translation

ผู้ใดมีมือ เท้า และจิตใจสำรวมดี มีวิทยา ตบะ และเกียรติคุณ ผู้นั้นย่อมเสวยผลแท้จริงแห่งทีรถะ

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• हस्तौ: (two) hands
• हस्तौ: Karta (Subject-part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• पादौ: (two) feet
• पादौ: Karta (Subject-part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta (Subject-part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सुसंयतम्: well-controlled
• सुसंयतम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + संयत (√यम्, धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘well-restrained’

• विद्या: knowledge
• विद्या: Karta (Subject-part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karta (Subject-part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• कीर्तिः: fame; good repute
• कीर्तिः: Karta (Subject-part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• तीर्थफलम्: the fruit of pilgrimage
• तीर्थफलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘तीर्थस्य फलम्’

• अश्नुते: attains; enjoys
• अश्नुते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tīrtha-phala (true fruit) defined by adhikāra (fitness)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined pilgrim walks barefoot with lowered gaze, hands in añjali, mind depicted as a calm lake; behind him, temptations and distractions fade, while the tīrtha shines ahead.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha-phala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The fruit of pilgrimage ripens fully only for the disciplined person—controlled in action, movement, and mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site; it defines the eligible pilgrim who truly receives tīrtha-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite; it prescribes saṃyama (restraint), along with vidyā and tapas, as the path to gaining pilgrimage fruit.