Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

सांबादित्यं नरो जातु न शोकैरभिभूयते । संवत्सरकृतात्पापाद्बहिर्भवति तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

sāṃbādityaṃ naro jātu na śokairabhibhūyate | saṃvatsarakṛtātpāpādbahirbhavati tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

Wer sich Sāmbāditya zuwendet, wird niemals vom Kummer überwältigt; und die im Laufe eines Jahres angesammelten Sünden weichen in eben diesem Augenblick.

Word by Word

• सांबादित्यम्: Sāmbāditya (the Sun deity worshipped by Sāmba)
• सांबादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांब + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सांबस्य आदित्यः)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जातु: ever
• जातु: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (ever/at any time)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• शोकैः: by sorrows
• शोकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• अभिभूयते: is overcome
• अभिभूयते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• संवत्सरकृतात्: done/accumulated over a year
• संवत्सरकृतात्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवत्सर + कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (पाप-विशेषण), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (संवत्सरे कृतम्)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• बहिः: outside/away
• बहिः: Gati/Desha (Directional/गति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (outside; as adverb/predicative)

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्क्षणात्: at that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/काल), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तस्मिन् क्षणे)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāmbāditya (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee approaches Sāmbāditya with folded hands; a dark cloud labeled ‘śoka’ lifts from the devotee’s head as sunlight pours down; a symbolic chain of ‘yearly sins’ breaks instantly.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmbāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional refuge in the deity is portrayed as both inner healing (freedom from sorrow) and moral purification (removal of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement is part of the Sāmbāditya Māhātmya in Kāśī, linked with the Sāmbakuṇḍa pilgrimage setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; it emphasizes the fruit of devotion/worship of Sāmbāditya.