Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

पीततद्गीतपीयूष मृगपूगैरुपासितम् । महामोदभराक्रांत वातचांचल्यहारिणम्

Transliteration

pītatadgītapīyūṣa mṛgapūgairupāsitam | mahāmodabharākrāṃta vātacāṃcalyahāriṇam

Translation

اس کے گیت کے امرت کو پی کر ہرنوں کے جھنڈ اس کی خدمت میں حاضر رہے؛ عظیم سرور سے مغلوب ہو کر وہ ہوا جیسے چنچل ذہن کی بے قراری سے آزاد ہو گئے۔

Word by Word

• पीत: drunk, imbibed
• पीत: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (कृदन्त; √पा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member); भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त

• तद्: that
• तद्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• गीत: song, sung (thing)
• गीत: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (कृदन्त; √गै (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• पीयूष: nectar, ambrosia
• पीयूष: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीयूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• मृग: deer, animals
• मृग: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (compound member)

• पूगैः: by groups, by multitudes
• पूगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• उपासितम्: worshipped, attended
• उपासितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपासित (कृदन्त; उप-आ-√आस् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त

• महा: great
• महा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-पूर्वपद; समासे विशेषण (great)

• मोद: joy, delight
• मोद: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• भर: weight, load
• भर: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• आक्रान्त: overcome, seized
• आक्रान्त: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आक्रान्त (कृदन्त; आ-√क्रम् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त

• वात: wind
• वात: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• चाञ्चल्य: restlessness, fickleness
• चाञ्चल्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाञ्चल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• हारिणम्: removing, dispelling
• हारिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हारिन् (प्रातिपदिक; √हृ (धातु) + णिनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘removing/taking away’ agent-noun used adjectivally

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Deer gather calmly around the singer-preacher, as if drinking nectar from his melody; the air feels still, the usual skittishness gone.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred song and dharmic sound can pacify agitation and turn even instinct-driven beings toward serenity and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred landscape; the verse uses nature imagery to reflect Kāśī’s sanctifying spiritual atmosphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription is stated, but the verse implicitly praises devotional singing/recitation (gīta/kīrtana) as spiritually transformative.