Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

भजनाद्योगिनीनां च काश्यां किं जायते फलम् । कस्मिन्पर्वणि ताः पूज्याः कथं पूज्याश्च तद्वद

Transliteration

bhajanādyoginīnāṃ ca kāśyāṃ kiṃ jāyate phalam | kasminparvaṇi tāḥ pūjyāḥ kathaṃ pūjyāśca tadvada

Translation

“在圣地迦尸（Kāśī）礼敬瑜伽女神（Yoginī），会生起何等功德果报？她们应在何种圣日受供养，又当如何礼拜？也请一并开示。”

Word by Word

• भजनात्: from worship; by devotion
• भजनात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• योगिनीनाम्: of the yoginīs
• योगिनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma/Predicate (Object queried)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• जायते: arises; is produced
• जायते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कस्मिन्: in which
• कस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• पर्वणि: on which occasion/festival day
• पर्वणि: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ताः: they (those)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पूज्याः: to be worshipped; worthy of worship
• पूज्याः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज् + यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be worshipped)

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• पूज्याः: to be worshipped
• पूज्याः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज् + यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; (ताः) अन्वय

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; (वद) कर्म

• वद: tell
• वद: Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (continuing inquiry to Skanda/Ṣaṇmukha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Yoginī-upāsanā context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṣaṇmukha/Skanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa asks about the fruits of Yoginī worship in Kāśī, the proper festival/occasion, and the correct method—an earnest devotional-ritual inquiry.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Yoginīs
• Ṣaṇmukha (Skanda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse frames devotion as disciplined practice—asking about fruit (phala), proper timing (parva), and correct method (vidhi).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, as a place where Yoginī worship is considered especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It requests details on Yoginī-pūjā—its results, the appropriate festival/occasion, and the method—though the specifics appear in subsequent verses.