Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यदारभ्य मुनेस्तस्य नंदी स्तंभितवान्भुजम् । तदारभ्य महेशानं संस्तौति परमादृतः

Transliteration

yadārabhya munestasya naṃdī staṃbhitavānbhujam | tadārabhya maheśānaṃ saṃstauti paramādṛtaḥ

Translation

جس وقت نندی نے اُس مُنی کے بازو کو روک کر ساکن کر دیا، اُسی وقت سے وہ نہایت تعظیم کے ساتھ مہیشان کی ستائش کرتا چلا آ رہا ہے۔

Word by Word

• yadā: when
• yadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'when')

• ārabhya: starting from
• ārabhya: Apadana (Starting point/आरम्भबिन्दु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√rabh (धातु) + lyap (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्गः आ-; अर्थः 'beginning from'

• muneḥ: of the sage
• muneḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• naṃdī: Nandin
• naṃdī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naṃdin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• staṃbhitavān: (having) stopped/immobilized
• staṃbhitavān: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √staṃbh (धातु) + क्तवतु (क्तवतु-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle used predicatively); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• bhujam: arm
• bhujam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• ārabhya: from then on
• ārabhya: Apadana (Starting point/आरम्भबिन्दु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√rabh (धातु) + lyap (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्गः आ-; अर्थः 'from then on'

• maheśānam: Maheshana (Śiva)
• maheśānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• saṃstauti: praises
• saṃstauti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-√stu (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः सम्-

• parama-ādṛtaḥ: highly respectful
• parama-ādṛtaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + ādṛta (प्रातिपदिक; √dṛ + ā- उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to naṃdī)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandī, the bull-bannered attendant of Śiva, restrains the outstretched arm of a sage; the sage’s posture softens into reverent añjali as he begins praising Maheśa.

Characters & Entities

• Nandī
• Vyāsa (implied)
• Maheśāna (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A turning point (divine intervention) leads the sage toward deeper reverence and praise of Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Kāśī narrative cycle; it supports the broader Kāśī-māhātmya through Vyāsa’s Śiva-centered devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it describes sustained stuti (praise) as devotional practice.