Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

पापिनां यानि पापानि महोपपदभांज्यपि । सुलीनध्यानसंपन्नो नामोच्चारो हरेर्हरेत्

Transliteration

pāpināṃ yāni pāpāni mahopapadabhāṃjyapi | sulīnadhyānasaṃpanno nāmoccāro harerharet

Translation

Welche Sünden auch immer den Sündern anhaften—selbst jene, die in großen Sturz hinabziehen—das Aussprechen des Namens Haris, verbunden mit standhafter, versenkter Meditation, trägt sie fort.

Word by Word

• पापिनाम्: of sinners
• पापिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक/यत्-शब्दः

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन

• महा-उपपद-भाञ्जि: even those that break great restraints/conditions
• महा-उपपद-भाञ्जि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + उपपद (प्रातिपदिक) + भाञ्जिन्/भाञ्जि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (पापानि इति); तत्पुरुषसमासः (महदुपपदं भञ्जन्ति इति)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) ‘even/also’

• सु-लीन-ध्यान-सम्पन्नः: endowed with deeply absorbed meditation
• सु-लीन-ध्यान-सम्पन्नः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय-उपसर्ग/उपपद) + लीन (कृदन्त, क्त; √ली) + ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्पन्न (कृदन्त, क्त; √पद्/√पद्+सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नमोच्चारः इति); समासः (ध्यानसम्पन्नः, सुलीनः)

• नाम-उच्चारः: utterance of the Name
• नाम-उच्चारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + उच्चार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नाम्नः उच्चारः)

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• हरेत्: should remove
• हरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hari-nāma (as nāma-tīrtha within Kāśī teaching)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee chants ‘Hari’ with rosary, eyes half-closed; dark smoke-like forms symbolizing sins dissolve into light as meditation deepens.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hari’s Name, especially when supported by absorbed meditation, is declared to be a potent purifier that destroys even grave sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse emphasizes nāma and dhyāna; the tirtha-glory is contextual to Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāmoccāraṇa (chanting/uttering Hari’s Name) together with steady dhyāna (meditative absorption).