Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

कः प्रतीपयितुं शक्तश्चेतो वा जलमेव वा । निम्नायाभ्युद्यतं नाथ माद्य मां प्रतिषेधय

Transliteration

kaḥ pratīpayituṃ śaktaśceto vā jalameva vā | nimnāyābhyudyataṃ nātha mādya māṃ pratiṣedhaya

Translation

“有谁能使心念回转，或令流水倒行？主宰啊，我既已决意前往，莫在此刻阻我——如溪流顺坡奔泻而下。”

Word by Word

• कः: who
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचकः

• प्रतीपयितुम्: to turn back/repel
• प्रतीपयितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√इ (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (infinitive): ‘to cause to go back/turn back’

• शक्तः: able
• शक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• चेतः: mind
• चेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपातः (or)

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (indeed/only)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपातः (or)

• निम्नायाः: of a downward slope/low course
• निम्नायाः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निम्ना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अभ्युद्यतम्: raised upward/striving upward
• अभ्युद्यतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-उद्-यत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP): ‘raised/striving upward’

• नाथ: O lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (Prohibition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपातः (prohibitive)

• अद्य: now/today
• अद्य: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time: today/now)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रतिषेधय: prevent/forbid
• प्रतिषेधय: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√षिध्/√सिध् (धातु) णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘forbid/prevent’

Speaker

Devī (Satī)

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Satī)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked resolve can become irresistible like flowing water; dharma requires foresight before the mind becomes unturnable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as moral-psychological counsel within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse uses metaphor to argue for permission to attend the yajña.