Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

धन्यो धन्वतरिर्नात्र चरकश्चरतीह न । नासत्यावपिनाऽ सत्यावत्र चिन्ताज्वरे किल

Transliteration

dhanyo dhanvatarirnātra carakaścaratīha na | nāsatyāvapinā' satyāvatra cintājvare kila

Translation

达难多梨固然可称有福——然在此亦无能为力；恰拉迦亦不在此行医。即便阿湿毗尼双神，也难以真正匡正这“忧虑之热”，诚然。

Word by Word

• dhanyaḥ: fortunate; blessed
• dhanyaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• dhanvantariḥ: Dhanvantari
• dhanvantariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanvantari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• carakaḥ: Caraka (the physician)
• carakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• carati: moves/acts; is effective
• carati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √car (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

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

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (in nāsatyau = na + asatyau)

• asatyau: the Aśvins (Nā́satyas)
• asatyau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• api: even; also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि = even/also

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (in na satyau = na + satyau)

• satyau: the truthful ones (Aśvins)
• satyau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• cintājvare: in the fever of anxiety
• cintājvare: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cintā (प्रातिपदिक) + jvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (cintāyāḥ jvare), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• kila: indeed; it is said
• kila: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kila (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle indicating report/emphasis)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, addressing Agastya)

Characters & Entities

• Dhanvantari
• Caraka
• Aśvinau (Nāsatyau)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Some sufferings are fundamentally spiritual and existential; they are not fully cured by worldly expertise alone.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, the implied sacred refuge is Kāśī’s Lord Viśveśa, whose grace resolves what ordinary means cannot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes the inadequacy of purely medical remedies for anxiety.