Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

प्रणनाम मुदायुक्तः क्षितिविन्यस्तमस्तकः । स ऋषिस्तं हृषीकेशमग्निबिंदुर्महातपाः

Transliteration

praṇanāma mudāyuktaḥ kṣitivinyastamastakaḥ | sa ṛṣistaṃ hṛṣīkeśamagnibiṃdurmahātapāḥ

Translation

Tràn đầy hoan hỷ, đặt đầu xuống đất mà kính lễ, vị đại khổ hạnh hiền triết Agnibiṃdu cúi mình đảnh lễ Hṛṣīkeśa, Đấng Chủ tể các căn.

Word by Word

• praṇanāma: bowed down
• praṇanāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• mudā-yuktaḥ: filled with joy
• mudā-yuktaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त; √yuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (मुदया युक्तः = endowed with joy)

• kṣiti-vinyasta-mastakaḥ: with head placed on the ground
• kṣiti-vinyasta-mastakaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣiti + vinyasta (कृदन्त; vi-√nyas) + mastaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—सप्तमी/अधिकरण-तत्पुरुषः (क्षितौ विन्यस्तं मस्तकं यस्य)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ṛṣiḥ: the sage
• ṛṣiḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• hṛṣīkeśam: Hṛṣīkeśa (Vishnu)
• hṛṣīkeśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विष्णोर्नाम

• agnibiṃduḥ: Agnibindu
• agnibiṃduḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agnibiṃdu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ऋषिनाम

• mahātapāḥ: of great austerity
• mahātapāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + tapas (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महत्तपाः = of great austerity)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (chapter frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agnibiṃdu, matted hair and ascetic marks, bows with his forehead touching the ground before a serene Hṛṣīkeśa; the setting suggests a riverside sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Agnibiṃdu
• Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu/Govinda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion expresses itself through humility—praṇāma (prostration) and heartfelt joy before the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī setting is implied; the Pañcanadā vicinity becomes explicit in subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prostration (praṇāma) is exemplified as a devotional act, though no formal vow or donation is prescribed.