Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

सुप्त्वा वासः परीधाय तथा दृष्ट्वाप्यमंगलम् । प्रमादादशुचिं स्पृष्ट्वा द्विराचांतः शुचिर्भवेत्

Transliteration

suptvā vāsaḥ parīdhāya tathā dṛṣṭvāpyamaṃgalam | pramādādaśuciṃ spṛṣṭvā dvirācāṃtaḥ śucirbhavet

Translation

Nach dem Schlaf, nach dem Anlegen der Kleidung und selbst nach dem Anblick von Unheilvollem; oder wenn man aus Unachtsamkeit Unreines berührt — wer das Ācamana zweimal vollzieht, wird rein.

Word by Word

• सुप्त्वा: having slept
• सुप्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive)

• वासः: garment/clothes
• वासः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• परीधाय: having put on (clothes)
• परीधाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम्

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• अमङ्गलम्: inauspicious (thing/omen)
• अमङ्गलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रमादात्: from negligence
• प्रमादात्: Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• अशुचिम्: an impure (person/thing)
• अशुचिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (सामान्य), द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• स्पृष्ट्वा: having touched
• स्पृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive)

• द्विराचान्तः: having performed ācamana twice
• द्विराचान्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्विस् (अव्यय/संख्या) + आ + चम् (धातु)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (द्विः + आचान्तः = having sipped twice); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Kartṛ-predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of the subject)

• भवेत्: should become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee awakens on a ghāṭa rest-house, dons clean cloth, notices an inauspicious scene in the street, then performs double ācāmana with focused composure before resuming pilgrimage.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (implied context)
• Śauca (purity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity can be restored promptly through prescribed means; dharma provides practical remedies for human lapses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s discipline for living in the sacred sphere of Vārāṇasī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform ācamana twice after sleep, after dressing, after seeing inauspiciousness, or after accidentally touching impurity.