Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

समाधिना लभेन्मोक्षं त्यक्त्वा धर्मं शुभाशुभम् । आसनेन वपुर्दार्ढ्यं षडंगमिति कीर्तितम्

Transliteration

samādhinā labhenmokṣaṃ tyaktvā dharmaṃ śubhāśubham | āsanena vapurdārḍhyaṃ ṣaḍaṃgamiti kīrtitam

Translation

Nhờ samādhi mà đạt giải thoát (mokṣa), vượt khỏi công đức và tội lỗi. Nhờ āsana mà thân được vững bền—đó là kỷ luật sáu chi được tuyên thuyết.

Word by Word

• samādhinā: by samādhi
• samādhinā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• labhet: should obtain
• labhet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• mokṣam: liberation
• mokṣam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया

• dharmam: dharma, duty
• dharmam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• śubha-aśubham: good and bad (both)
• śubha-aśubham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः (इतर-योग) ‘शुभं च अशुभं च’; dharmam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• āsanena: by posture (āsana)
• āsanena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• vapuḥ-dārḍhyam: firmness/strength of the body
• vapuḥ-dārḍhyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vapus (प्रातिपदिक) + dārḍhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—वपुषः दार्ढ्यम्

• ṣaḍ-aṅgam: sixfold limb/ six parts
• ṣaḍ-aṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः—षड् अङ्गानि यस्य तत्/षडङ्गम्

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative/निर्देशक)

• kīrtitam: is declared/has been stated
• kīrtitam: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘(एतत्) कीर्तितम्’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin in unwavering āsana, body firm like a mountain, mind absorbed; above, symbolic scales of puṇya/pāpa dissolve into light; Kāśī’s Viśveśvara linga appears as the axis of stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Samādhi
• Mokṣa
• Āsana
• Ṣaḍaṅga Yoga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is linked to samādhi, portrayed as a state beyond karmic dualities; bodily steadiness supports the path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred milieu; this verse emphasizes sādhanā rather than naming a specific ghāṭa or tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Āsana is prescribed for bodily firmness as part of a sixfold yogic discipline culminating in samādhi.