Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ययुराकाशमाविश्य मनसोप्य तिरंहसा । परस्परं भाषमाणा योगिन्यस्ता मुदान्विताः

Transliteration

yayurākāśamāviśya manasopya tiraṃhasā | parasparaṃ bhāṣamāṇā yoginyastā mudānvitāḥ

Translation

那些瑜伽女众欢喜充满，入于虚空，疾行如意念之速，彼此交谈而行。

Word by Word

• yayuḥ: they went
• yayuḥ: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धाातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• ākāśam: into the sky
• ākāśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• āviśya: having entered
• āviśya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-viś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• manasā: by mind
• manasā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि = 'also/even'

• tiraṃhasā: swiftly, with great speed
• tiraṃhasā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tiraṃhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक (manner)

• parasparam: mutually, to one another
• parasparam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (reciprocal adverb)

• bhāṣamāṇāḥ: speaking
• bhāṣamāṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग? (contextually feminine plural), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• yoginyaḥ: the yoginīs
• yoginyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• tāḥ: those (women)
• tāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• mudā-anvitāḥ: endowed with joy
• mudā-anvitāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक) + an-vita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √i/विन्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सह/युक्तार्थ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

Speaker

Skanda (contextual, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (with Ānanda-kānana as inner sacred grove)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A joyous band of yoginīs rises into the sky, moving with mind-like speed, speaking among themselves as they fly toward the luminous sacred city.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginīs
• Ākāśa (sky)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine beings naturally move toward Kāśī with joy, suggesting the city’s irresistible sanctity and spiritual magnetism.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the implied destination within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa travel narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse focuses on the Yoginīs’ swift, joyous journey.