Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

अद्य सद्यः परिहृतं त्वदंघ्रिरजसारजः । त्वदंगसंगिमहसा सहसाऽप्यांतरंतमः

Transliteration

adya sadyaḥ parihṛtaṃ tvadaṃghrirajasārajaḥ | tvadaṃgasaṃgimahasā sahasā'pyāṃtaraṃtamaḥ

Translation

Heute, sogleich, ist der Staub meiner inneren Befleckung durch den Staub deiner Füße hinweggefegt; und durch den Glanz, der deiner eigenen Gestalt anhaftet, ist die Finsternis in mir plötzlich vertrieben.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (today)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (immediately)

• परिहृतम्: has been removed
• परिहृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+हृ (धातु), क्त-प्रत्यय
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (removed/warded off) — भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगसामर्थ्य

• त्वदङ्घ्रिरजसा: by the dust of your feet
• त्वदङ्घ्रिरजसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-शब्द, सर्वनाम) + अङ्घ्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (त्वदङ्घ्र्योः रजः)

• रजः: dust/impurity
• रजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वदङ्गसङ्गिमहसा: by the splendor connected with your body
• त्वदङ्गसङ्गिमहसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + महस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (त्वदङ्गस्य सङ्गि महः) = ‘the radiance associated with your body’

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, रीतिवाचक (suddenly/forcibly)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• आन्तरम्: inner
• आन्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (inner/internal)

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Giri/Śaila (mountain personified, addressing the sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (traditional frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The bowed mountain offers a hymn-like confession: the dust of the sage’s feet and the radiance of his body instantly remove inner grime and darkness; the sage sits luminous and calm.

Characters & Entities

• Pāda-rajas (dust of feet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with saintly beings—symbolized by the dust of their feet—purifies inner impurity and dispels ignorance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, the sanctity of Kāśī is reinforced through the theme of instant purification by holy association.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the teaching centers on darśana/saṅga (holy contact) as a purifier.