Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

गणका नात्र विद्यंते चिंताविद्याविशारदाः । यतश्चिकेति सर्वेषां चिंता चिंतामणिर्द्रुतम्

Transliteration

gaṇakā nātra vidyaṃte ciṃtāvidyāviśāradāḥ | yataściketi sarveṣāṃ ciṃtā ciṃtāmaṇirdrutam

Translation

یہاں فکر و اندیشہ کی گنتی جاننے والے حساب دانوں کی حاجت نہیں؛ جونہی دل میں کوئی خواہش ابھرتی ہے، ‘چنتامنی’ نامی رتن فوراً ہر ایک کی مراد پوری کر دیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• gaṇakāḥ: calculators/astrologers
• gaṇakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• vidyante: are found/exist
• vidyante: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ciṃtā-vidyā-viśāradāḥ: skilled in the knowledge of thought
• ciṃtā-vidyā-viśāradāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ciṃtā (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक) + viśārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषभावः (ciṃtāvidyāyāṃ viśāradāḥ = skilled in the science of thought)

• yataḥ: because
• yataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (causal conjunction: 'because/since')

• ciketi: (it is said) 'cik' / thus
• ciketi: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ciketi (इति-समाप्त्यर्थक)
• Form: उद्धरण/उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय; 'इति' सहितं (quotative particle)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम-शब्द), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ciṃtā: thought/anxiety
• ciṃtā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ciṃtā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ciṃtāmaṇiḥ: Cintāmaṇi (wish-fulfilling gem)
• ciṃtāmaṇiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ciṃtā (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ciṃtāyāḥ maṇiḥ = wish-fulfilling gem)

• drutam: quickly/at once
• drutam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: druta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-प्रथमा/द्वितीया (adverbial accusative: 'quickly/at once')

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-seeking interlocutor (traditional frame: sages/seekers)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Kāśī forms a wish in the heart; a radiant Cintāmaṇi jewel flashes above, showering boons, while symbols of ‘calculation’ (counting boards/astrological charts) lie unused at the side; the city’s ghats and a distant Viśvanātha spire frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Cintāmaṇi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a supremely sacred realm, divine grace outpaces human calculation; pure intention and remembrance are answered immediately.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is being praised in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s celebratory description of its extraordinary powers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the efficacy of sincere ‘cintā’ (devout intention/remembering) in the holy sphere.