Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

शुद्धिमेति यदा सर्वं नाडीचक्र मनाकुलम् । तदैव जायते योगी क्षमः प्राणनिरोधने

Transliteration

śuddhimeti yadā sarvaṃ nāḍīcakra manākulam | tadaiva jāyate yogī kṣamaḥ prāṇanirodhane

Translation

Kapag ang buong gulong ng mga nāḍī ay nalinis at wala nang kaguluhan, saka tunay na sumisilang ang yogin na may kakayahang pigilin ang prāṇa.

Word by Word

• शुद्धिम्: purity
• शुद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एति: goes to; attains
• एति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal conjunction: when)

• सर्वम्: all; entire
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाडीचक्रम्: the network/circle of nāḍīs
• नाडीचक्रम्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाडी (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• मनाकुलम्: unconfused; undisturbed
• मनाकुलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नञ्-समास (negative prefix a-)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• जायते: is born; arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• योगी: a yogin
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्षमः: capable; competent
• क्षमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राणनिरोधने: in the restraint of prāṇa
• प्राणनिरोधने: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + निरोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin with a luminous network of nāḍīs depicted as fine golden lines; chakras as calm, unruffled lotuses; the breath shown as a steady vertical current.

Characters & Entities

• Nāḍī-cakra
• Prāṇa
• Yogin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prāṇa-restraint becomes stable only after purification of the inner channels; groundwork precedes higher yogic control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction appears within Kāśī’s scriptural landscape, where inner purification is aligned with Kāśī’s liberating dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies the preparatory discipline of nāḍī-śuddhi as a prerequisite for prāṇa-nirodha.