Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठे शुक्ल द्वितीयायां स्नात्वा रुद्रसरोवरे । जन्मद्वयकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति

Transliteration

jyeṣṭhe śukla dvitīyāyāṃ snātvā rudrasarovare | janmadvayakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

Translation

জ্যৈষ্ঠ শুক্ল দ্বিতীয়ায় রুদ্রসরোবরেতে স্নান করলে দুই জন্মের সঞ্চিত পাপ তৎক্ষণাৎ বিনষ্ট হয়।

Word by Word

• ज्येष्ठे: in Jyeṣṭha (month)
• ज्येष्ठे: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘ज्येष्ठे (मासि)’ इति कालवाचक-प्रयोगः

• शुक्ले: in the bright (fortnight)
• शुक्ले: Adhikaraṇa (Time qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘शुक्ले (पक्षे)’ = in the bright fortnight

• द्वितीयायाम्: on the second (tithi)
• द्वितीयायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथि-विशेषः

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), धातु: स्ना

• रुद्रसरोवरे: in Rudra’s lake
• रुद्रसरोवरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + सरोवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य सरोवरम्)

• जन्मद्वयकृतम्: done in two births
• जन्मद्वयकृतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of पापम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म + द्वय + कृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘कृत’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) from कृ (धातु); समासः तत्पुरुषः (जन्मद्वयेन कृतम्)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apādāna/Avadhi (Point of time; ‘from that moment’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (तस्मिन् क्षणे/ततः क्षणात्) अर्थे ‘immediately’

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — emphasis

• नश्यति: perishes / is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudra-sarovara

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A still sacred pond shaded by trees and small shrines; pilgrims bathe on Dvitīyā, with Rudra iconography (trident, damaru) subtly present; the moment of immersion is depicted as luminous purification.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra-sarovara
• Jyeṣṭha
• Śukla Dvitīyā
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Rudra (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s Rudra-associated waters are portrayed as extraordinarily purifying, erasing deep karmic residue when approached with sacred timing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rudra-sarovara, a Śiva-connected sacred water-body within the Kāśī sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Rudra-sarovara on Jyeṣṭha bright-fortnight Dvitīyā.