Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

न यामि च कथं वाक्यादस्याहं ब्रह्मचारिणः । ज्वलदंगारसंकाश स्फुरत्सर्वांगतेजसः

Transliteration

na yāmi ca kathaṃ vākyādasyāhaṃ brahmacāriṇaḥ | jvaladaṃgārasaṃkāśa sphuratsarvāṃgatejasaḥ

Translation

“At kung hindi ako pupunta, paano ko susuwayin ang salita ng brahmacārin na ito—na ang ningas ng kanyang kapangyarihan ay kumikislap sa bawat sangkap na tila nagliliyab na baga?”

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• yāmi: I go
• yāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• katham: how
• katham: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण

• vākyāt: from (his) word/command
• vākyāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे/अपादान (from the word/command)

• asya: of this (person); his
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• brahmacāriṇaḥ: of the celibate student (sage)
• brahmacāriṇaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmacārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; 'of the brahmacārin'

• jvalat-aṅgāra-saṃkāśa: resembling glowing embers
• jvalat-aṅgāra-saṃkāśa: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jvalat (ज्वल् धातु शतृ) + aṅgāra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (उपमान/निर्धारणार्थ): 'ज्वलदङ्गारवत् संकाशः'; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; 'ब्रह्मचारिणः' विशेषण

• sphurat-sarvāṅga-tejasaḥ: whose whole-body radiance was flashing
• sphurat-sarvāṅga-tejasaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sphurat (स्फुर् धातु शतृ) + sarva-aṅga (सर्व + अङ्ग) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'सर्वाङ्गस्य तेजः' + शतृ-विशेषण 'स्फुरत्'); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; 'ब्रह्मचारिणः' विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (reporting Sāmba’s inner thought)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba beholds (or recalls) Nārada’s blazing ascetic radiance—limbs shining like live embers—creating a palpable aura that compels obedience.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas and brahmacarya generate spiritual authority (tejas); dharma counsels reverence and compliance with such saintly instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is character-description within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; brahmacarya is praised indirectly through the image of ascetic tejas.