Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सकृत्प्रणम्य केदारं हरपापकृतोदकः । स्थाप्य लिंगं हृदंभोजे प्रांते मोक्षं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

sakṛtpraṇamya kedāraṃ harapāpakṛtodakaḥ | sthāpya liṃgaṃ hṛdaṃbhoje prāṃte mokṣaṃ gamiṣyati

Translation

مَن سجد مرةً واحدةً لكيدارا وتطهّر بمياهٍ تزيل الخطيئة، ثم أقام شيفا-لينغا على لوتس القلب، نال الموكشا عند نهاية العمر.

Word by Word

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/आवृत्तिवाचक (adverb: once)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having bowed)

• केदारम्: Kedāra (Kedarnath)
• केदारम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• हरपापकृतोदकः: one whose water has removed Hara’s sin(s)
• हरपापकृतोदकः: Karta (Subject/agent)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर-पाप-कृत-उदक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासविग्रहः: हरपापं कृतम् उदकं यस्य (whose water has removed/ended the sins of Hara)

• स्थाप्य: having installed
• स्थाप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) + क्त्वान्त (absolutive); स्थापयित्वा (having installed/placed)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• हृदम्बोजे: in the heart-lotus
• हृदम्बोजे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद्-अम्बोज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासविग्रहः: हृदि अम्बोजम् (lotus in the heart)

• प्रान्ते: at the end
• प्रान्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Time/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; काल/अवसानवाचक (at the end)

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Goal/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• गमिष्यति: will attain/go to
• गमिष्यति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāreśvara) in Kāśī; pāpa-hara udaka

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Aparṇā (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bows once at Kedāreśvara; nearby sin-destroying waters shimmer. The same figure is shown in meditation, a radiant liṅga seated in a pink heart-lotus; in the distance, Kāśī’s ghāṭs and lamps glow at twilight.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra
• Śiva-liṅga
• Hara-pāpa (tīrtha/waters)
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer pilgrimage and inner worship unite: purification through tīrtha and establishment of Śiva in the heart culminate in mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra in Kāśī and the sin-destroying waters associated with Hara-pāpa (Hara-pāpa-hrada).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bowing to Kedāra, bathing/being purified by the tīrtha waters, and mentally/ritually installing the liṅga in the heart-lotus.