Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
Devanagari script
स्नातव्यं मणिकर्ण्यां च द्रष्टव्यः करुणेश्वरः । क्षेत्रोपसर्गजा भीतिर्हातव्या परया मुदा
Transliteration
snātavyaṃ maṇikarṇyāṃ ca draṣṭavyaḥ karuṇeśvaraḥ | kṣetropasargajā bhītirhātavyā parayā mudā
Translation
মণিকর্ণীতে স্নান করা উচিত এবং করুণেশ্বরের দর্শন করা উচিত। ক্ষেত্রের উপসর্গজনিত ভয় পরম আনন্দে পরিত্যাগ করতে হবে।
Word by Word
snātavyamone should bathe
snātavyam:
Vidhi (Injunctive obligation)
TypeVerb
Root√snā (धा.) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Gerundive: ‘to be bathed’/‘one should bathe’
maṇikarṇyāmin Maṇikarṇī
maṇikarṇyām:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmaṇikarṇī (प्रातिपदिक; नदी-नाम)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — Feminine, Locative, Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
draṣṭavyaḥshould be seen
draṣṭavyaḥ:
Vidhi (Injunctive obligation)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धा.) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Gerundive: ‘to be seen’/‘should be seen’
karuṇeśvaraḥKaruṇeśvara
karuṇeśvaraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkaruṇeśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
kṣetra-upasarga-jāarising from troubles in the sacred area
kṣetra-upasarga-jā:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṣetra + upasarga + jā (प्रातिपदिक; √jan (धा.) + क्त/ज)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular (qualifying ‘bhītiḥ’); ‘क्षेत्रोपसर्गात् जाता’ — arisen from afflictions of the kṣetra
bhītiḥfear
bhītiḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhīti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular
hātavyāshould be abandoned
hātavyā:
Vidhi (Injunctive obligation)
TypeVerb
Root√hā (धा.) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Gerundive: ‘to be abandoned’/‘should be given up’
parayāby supreme
parayā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular (qualifying ‘mudā’)
mudāwith joy
mudā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmudā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇī (with Karuṇeśvara darśana)
Type: kund
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Muni
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Pilgrims bathe at Maṇikarṇī waters, then proceed with wet hair and folded hands to Karuṇeśvara; their faces shift from worry to radiant relief.
Characters & Entities
M
Maṇikarṇī (tīrtha)K
KaruṇeśvaraK
Kāśī kṣetraFAQs
Kāśī’s holy regimen—tīrtha-snāna and Śiva-darśana—transforms anxiety into spiritual confidence and joy.
Maṇikarṇī tīrtha and the Karuṇeśvara Liṅga in Kāśī.
Snāna (bathing) at Maṇikarṇī and darśana (visiting/seeing) Karuṇeśvara.