Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

न जातु जायते मातुर्जठरे धूतकल्मषः । इमां च मंगलागौरीं नारी वा पुरुषोपि वा

Transliteration

na jātu jāyate māturjaṭhare dhūtakalmaṣaḥ | imāṃ ca maṃgalāgaurīṃ nārī vā puruṣopi vā

Translation

Wer von Sünden gereinigt ist, wird niemals wieder im Schoß einer Mutter geboren. Und dieses Gelübde der Maṅgalāgaurī kann vollzogen werden – von einer Frau oder sogar von einem Mann.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• जातु: ever/at any time
• जातु: Adhikarana/Temporal (Time reference/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ever/at any time)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• जठरे: in the womb/belly
• जठरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• धूतकल्मषः: one whose sins are washed away
• धूतकल्मषः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धूत (धू धातु-क्त) + कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (धूतं कल्मषं यस्य/धूत-कल्मषः)

• इमाम्: this (her/this one)
• इमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मङ्गलागौरीम्: Maṅgalā-Gaurī (auspicious Gaurī)
• मङ्गलागौरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गला (प्रातिपदिक) + गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (मङ्गला एव गौरी)

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)

• पुरुषः: a man
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Samuccaya (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (or)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgalāgaurī (vrata context in Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene depiction of Maṅgalāgaurī as a benevolent form of Devī, with both women and men offering flowers; in the background, the symbolic ‘broken chain’ of rebirth is suggested by a lotus rising above a womb-like enclosure.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgalāgaurī
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When sin is truly purified through dharma and devotion, the soul is freed from repeated embodied birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa context, where Maṅgalāgaurī worship is praised as part of Kāśī’s sacred dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance/worship connected with Maṅgalāgaurī, explicitly open to both women and men.