Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

पापानि विलयं यांति पुण्यराशिश्च लभ्यते । अपि वंध्या प्रसूयेत कृत्वैतन्मंगलाव्रतम्

Transliteration

pāpāni vilayaṃ yāṃti puṇyarāśiśca labhyate | api vaṃdhyā prasūyeta kṛtvaitanmaṃgalāvratam

Translation

Die Sünden lösen sich auf, und ein großer Schatz an Verdienst wird erlangt. Selbst eine unfruchtbare Frau kann gebären, wenn sie dieses glückverheißende Gelübde, das Maṅgalā-vrata, vollzieht.

Word by Word

• pāpāni: sins
• pāpāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; subject of yānti

• vilayam: to dissolution
• vilayam: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; goal/state reached (to dissolution)

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘go’

• puṇya-rāśiḥ: a store of merit
• puṇya-rāśiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya + rāśi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—पुण्यस्य राशिः (heap/collection of merit); subject of labhyate

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (and)

• labhyate: is obtained
• labhyate: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘is obtained’ (passive/middle sense)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (even/also)

• vaṃdhyā: a barren woman
• vaṃdhyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; subject of prasūyeta

• prasūyeta: may give birth
• prasūyeta: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√sū (प्र + सू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (potential/optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘may give birth’

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having done/performed’

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; demonstrative adjective qualifying maṃgalāvratam

• maṃgala-vratam: the Maṅgala vow (auspicious observance)
• maṃgala-vratam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃgala + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—मङ्गलस्य व्रतम् (auspicious vow); object of kṛtvā

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgalā-vrata (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee couple completes the Maṅgalā-vrata; a symbolic vision shows sins dissolving like darkness before dawn, while a blessing of childbirth is suggested through a cradle, lotus, or maternal figure receiving divine grace from Maṅgaleśvara/Maṅgalā.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgalā-vrata (Maṅgalāgaurī)
• pāpa-kṣaya
• puṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere vrata-observance is described as both purifying (destroying sin) and life-supporting (granting blessings and merit).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is delivered within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred context, where Kāśī-associated worship is celebrated for swift spiritual efficacy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing the Maṅgalā-vrata (Maṅgalāgaurī vow); the verse focuses on its results.