Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

यश्चिंतयति पुण्यात्मा तव पादांबुजद्वयम् । ब्रह्महत्यादिकमपि पापं तस्य व्रजेत्क्षयम्

Transliteration

yaściṃtayati puṇyātmā tava pādāṃbujadvayam | brahmahatyādikamapi pāpaṃ tasya vrajetkṣayam

Translation

Wer reinen Herzens über deine beiden Lotosfüße meditiert, dem geht selbst die Sünde des Brahma-Mordes und dergleichen dem Untergang entgegen und vergeht.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चिन्तयति: contemplates
• चिन्तयति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुण्यात्मा: a pure-souled person
• पुण्यात्मा: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: पुण्यः आत्मा यस्य (one whose nature is pure)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पादाम्बुजद्वयम्: the pair of your lotus-feet
• पादाम्बुजद्वयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + अम्बुज + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः पाद-अम्बुज-द्वय (तत्पुरुष: 'pair of lotus-feet')

• ब्रह्महत्यादिकम्: brahma-slaughter etc.
• ब्रह्महत्यादिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या + आदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः ब्रह्महत्या-आदिक (तत्पुरुष: 'beginning with brahma-slaughter')

• अपि: even
• अपि: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: 'even')

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

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• व्रजेत्: would go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• क्षयम्: to destruction, to end
• क्षयम्: Gati (Goal/गति-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (goal with motion verb)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-group (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close devotional focus on Śiva’s two lotus-feet, glowing and compassionate; a pure-souled meditator sits in padmāsana on a ghāṭa or temple floor; symbolic stains of brahmahatyā crumble away.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brahmahatyā (as a grave sin category)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditation on Śiva’s lotus-feet is taught as a supreme purifier, capable of destroying even the heaviest karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, such claims reinforce Kāśī’s renown as Śiva’s sacred domain where devotion and contemplation yield exceptional purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cintana/Dhyāna (meditative contemplation) on Śiva’s lotus-feet.