Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
Devanagari script
गते मुनौ निनिंदस्वमतीवोद्विग्नमानसः । चिन्तामवाप महतीं विंध्यो र्वंध्यमनोरथः
Transliteration
gate munau niniṃdasvamatīvodvignamānasaḥ | cintāmavāpa mahatīṃ viṃdhyo rvaṃdhyamanorathaḥ
Translation
جب مُنی چلا گیا تو وِندھیا کا دل سخت بے چین ہو گیا؛ وہ اپنے آپ کو ملامت کرنے لگا اور بڑی فکر میں گرفتار ہوا، اس کی آرزوئیں بے ثمر رہ گئیں۔
Word by Word
गतेwhen (he) had gone
गते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; क्त (past passive participle) used in सति-सप्तमी; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘when (he) had gone’
मुनौ(with) the sage (gone)
मुनौ:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी
निनिन्दcensured / blamed
निनिन्द:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + √निन्द् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
स्वम्himself
स्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; आत्मवाचक
अतीवexceedingly
अतीव:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतीव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; तीव्रतावाचक (intensifier adverb)
उद्विग्नमानसःhaving an agitated mind
उद्विग्नमानसः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्विग्न-मानस (प्रातिपदिक; उद् + √विज्/√द्विज्? (धातु) + क्त; + मानस)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; उद्विग्न = ‘agitated’ (P.P.P.), मानस = ‘mind’
चिन्ताम्worry
चिन्ताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
अवापattained / fell into
अवाप:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअव + √आप् (धातु; ‘to obtain/attain’)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
महतीम्great
महतीम्:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चिन्ताम्)
विन्ध्यःVindhya (mountain)
विन्ध्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविन्ध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
वन्ध्यमनोरथःwhose desire was futile
वन्ध्यमनोरथः:
Karta (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootवन्ध्य-मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक; वन्ध्य + मनोरथ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विन्ध्यः)
Speaker
Narrator
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Vindhya (as giri-persona)
Type: peak
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame implied)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: After the sage’s departure, Vindhya is shown as a brooding, personified mountain—head lowered, clouds gathering—consumed by self-blame and heavy anxiety, his aspirations rendered barren.
Characters & Entities
V
VindhyaM
MuniFAQs
Agitation and self-blame arise when ambition is driven by ego rather than dharma.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.