Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

उपचारानिमान्सवार्न्दूरी कुरुत मा चिरम् । अपतापां करोम्येनां सद्यः पश्यत कौतुकम्

Transliteration

upacārānimānsavārndūrī kuruta mā ciram | apatāpāṃ karomyenāṃ sadyaḥ paśyata kautukam

Translation

„Entfernt sogleich all diese Diener und rituellen Verrichtungen—zögert nicht. Ich werde sie sofort von der brennenden Pein befreien; schaut dieses wunderbare Wunder.“

Word by Word

• उपचारान्: services, treatments, attentions
• उपचारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• इमान्: these
• इमान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (उपचारान्)

• सवार्न्दूरी: with (the) varṇdūrī/ointment (i.e., accompanied by varṇdūrī)
• सवार्न्दूरी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-वार्न्दूरी (प्रातिपदिक); स (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + वार्न्दूरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (उपचाराः/उपचारान्—अर्थतः ‘वार्न्दूरी-सहिताः’)

• कुरुत: do, perform
• कुरुत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• चिरम्: for long, long time
• चिरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अपतापाम्: (her) fever/torment (to be removed)
• अपतापाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपतापा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• करोमि: I make, I will do
• करोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एनाम्: her, this (woman)
• एनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• पश्यत: see, behold
• पश्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कौतुकम्: wonder, marvel
• कौतुकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commanding, compassionate noble lady orders attendants to withdraw ritual paraphernalia, promising immediate relief; the atmosphere is tense yet expectant, as if a miracle is about to unfold in Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Kalāvatī (implied in the episode)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can instantly remove inner torment when the sacred power of Kāśī is invoked with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode leads into the glory of Jñānavāpī in Kāśī, though this verse itself announces an immediate miracle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No fixed rite is prescribed; rather, attendants and external treatments are set aside to witness the sacred intervention.