Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

योगिनं समुपायांति शृणु तानपि पांडव । ऐशान्ये राक्षसपुरे यक्षो गन्धर्व एव च

Transliteration

yoginaṃ samupāyāṃti śṛṇu tānapi pāṃḍava | aiśānye rākṣasapure yakṣo gandharva eva ca

Translation

สิ่งเหล่านั้นย่อมเข้ามาใกล้โยคี—โอ้ปาณฑวะ จงฟังเรื่องของเขาด้วย ในทิศอีศาน (ตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ) ณ นครของรากษส ยังมียักษะและคันธรรพะด้วย

Word by Word

• योगिनम्: the yogin
• योगिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• समुपायान्ति: approach, come near
• समुपायान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+उप+आ√या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (Present, 3rd person, Plural)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Imperative, 2nd person, Singular)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural; demonstrative pronoun)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षा-अव्यय (also/even)

• पाण्डव: O Pāṇḍava
• पाण्डव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• ऐशान्ये: in the northeast
• ऐशान्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐशान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दिशि-विशेषण (Locative, Singular; ‘in the Īśāna/northeast (direction)’)

• राक्षसपुरे: in the city of rākṣasas
• राक्षसपुरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसपुर (प्रातिपदिक; राक्षस + पुर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• यक्षः: a yakṣa
• यक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• गन्धर्वः: a gandharva
• गन्धर्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aiśānya-dik (Īśāna quarter)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin in meditation while ethereal gandharvas with instruments and yakṣas bearing treasures approach from the northeast; darker rākṣasa silhouettes linger behind; the yogin remains unmoved within a protective aura.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍava
• Īśāna (direction)
• Rākṣasa
• Yakṣa
• Gandharva
• Yogin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames supernatural beings and directional realms as part of the yogin’s field of challenge, calling for discernment and steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No pilgrimage site is named; the verse references a directional/otherworldly ‘rākṣasa-city’ rather than a terrestrial tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the instruction is to ‘listen/know’ these approaching forces as part of yogic awareness.