Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तदाश्चर्यमथो दृष्ट्वा मुनयो नारदादयः । परिसस्नुर्मुदायुक्ता धर्मतीर्थेऽघहारिणि

Transliteration

tadāścaryamatho dṛṣṭvā munayo nāradādayaḥ | parisasnurmudāyuktā dharmatīrthe'ghahāriṇi

Translation

সে আশ্চর্য দেখে নারদ প্রমুখ মুনিগণ আনন্দে পরিপূর্ণ হয়ে পাপহারিণী ধর্মতীর্থে স্নান করলেন।

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• āścaryam: wonder
• āścaryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक/प्रारम्भसूचक अव्यय (then/now)

• u: indeed
• u: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: u (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having seen’

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• nārada-ādayaḥ: Nārada and others
• nārada-ādayaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (‘Nārada and others’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• parisasnuḥ: bathed all around / bathed
• parisasnuḥ: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-snā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• mudā-yuktāḥ: endowed with joy
• mudā-yuktāḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mudā + yukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (‘with joy’); ‘yukta’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• dharma-tīrthe: in the Dharma-tīrtha
• dharma-tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• agha-hāriṇi: sin-removing
• agha-hāriṇi: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of location/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agha + hārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (‘sin-removing’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग? (agreeing with tīrthe: नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सप्तमी-एकवचन), सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharma-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of sages—Nārada with vīṇā prominent—stand at the water’s edge and enter the tīrtha smiling; the water is depicted luminous, with a subtle aura indicating sin-removal.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sages (Munis)
• Dharma-tīrtha
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The saintly confirm a tīrtha’s power by participating—holy places invite communal uplift through shared purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmatīrtha (Dharma-tīrtha) in Kāśī, explicitly named as agha-hāriṇī (sin-removing).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Joyful snāna at Dharmatīrtha, presented as a means of sin-removal.