Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यस्य हस्तौ च पादौ च मनश्चैव सुसंयतम् । निर्विकाराः क्रियाः सर्वाः स तीर्थफलमश्नुते

Transliteration

yasya hastau ca pādau ca manaścaiva susaṃyatam | nirvikārāḥ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ sa tīrthaphalamaśnute

Translation

ผู้ใดมีมือ เท้า และจิตใจสำรวมดีแล้ว การกระทำทั้งปวงปราศจากความแปรปรวนและกิเลส ผู้นั้นแลย่อมเสวยผลแห่งการจาริกสู่ทีรถะอย่างแท้จริง

Word by Word

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

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• सुसंयतम्: well-restrained
• सुसंयतम्: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग) + सम्-यम् (यम् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying मनः/हस्तौ/पादौ)

• निर्विकाराः: unchanging, without modification
• निर्विकाराः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्- (उपसर्ग) + विकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (क्रियाः)

• क्रियाः: actions
• क्रियाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (क्रियाः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

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

• अश्नुते: attains, enjoys
• अश्नुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (अश्नोति) धातु
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim restrains senses: hands folded in añjali, feet paused at a riverbank, mind depicted as a calm lotus-lake; the tīrtha shines only when the pilgrim’s aura is steady and unagitated.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha
• manaḥ
• saṃyama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

External travel becomes spiritually effective only when matched by inner discipline—control of body and mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is identified; the verse defines the universal condition for receiving tīrtha-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical discipline is prescribed: saṃyama (restraint) of hands, feet, and mind, and purity of action.