Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यदारभ्य मुनेस्तस्य नंदी स्तंभितवान्भुजम् । तदारभ्य महेशानं संस्तौति परमादृतः

Transliteration

yadārabhya munestasya naṃdī staṃbhitavānbhujam | tadārabhya maheśānaṃ saṃstauti paramādṛtaḥ

Translation

自从难提制住那位圣者的手臂之时起，从那一刻开始，他便以至深恭敬赞颂大自在天主（摩诃伊舍那）。

Word by Word

• yadā: when
• yadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'when')

• ārabhya: starting from
• ārabhya: Apadana (Starting point/आरम्भबिन्दु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√rabh (धातु) + lyap (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्गः आ-; अर्थः 'beginning from'

• muneḥ: of the sage
• muneḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• naṃdī: Nandin
• naṃdī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naṃdin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• staṃbhitavān: (having) stopped/immobilized
• staṃbhitavān: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √staṃbh (धातु) + क्तवतु (क्तवतु-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle used predicatively); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• bhujam: arm
• bhujam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• ārabhya: from then on
• ārabhya: Apadana (Starting point/आरम्भबिन्दु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√rabh (धातु) + lyap (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्गः आ-; अर्थः 'from then on'

• maheśānam: Maheshana (Śiva)
• maheśānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• saṃstauti: praises
• saṃstauti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-√stu (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः सम्-

• parama-ādṛtaḥ: highly respectful
• parama-ādṛtaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + ādṛta (प्रातिपदिक; √dṛ + ā- उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to naṃdī)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandī, the bull-bannered attendant of Śiva, restrains the outstretched arm of a sage; the sage’s posture softens into reverent añjali as he begins praising Maheśa.

Characters & Entities

• Nandī
• Vyāsa (implied)
• Maheśāna (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A turning point (divine intervention) leads the sage toward deeper reverence and praise of Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Kāśī narrative cycle; it supports the broader Kāśī-māhātmya through Vyāsa’s Śiva-centered devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it describes sustained stuti (praise) as devotional practice.