Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

कुष्ठरोगमवाप्योच्चैस्त्यक्त्वा दारान्गृहं वसु । वाराणसीं समासाद्य ब्रध्नमाराधयत्सुधीः

Transliteration

kuṣṭharogamavāpyoccaistyaktvā dārāngṛhaṃ vasu | vārāṇasīṃ samāsādya bradhnamārādhayatsudhīḥ

Translation

Schwer von Aussatz befallen, verließ er Gattin, Haus und Besitz; und als er Vārāṇasī erreichte, verehrte jener Verständige Bradhna, die Sonne.

Word by Word

• कुष्ठरोगम्: leprosy (disease)
• कुष्ठरोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (leprosy-disease)

• अवाप्य: having obtained
• अवाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having obtained)

• उच्चैः: severely/strongly
• उच्चैः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (intensifier/adverb)

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having abandoned)

• दारान्: wife/wives
• दारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गृहम्: house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वसु: wealth/property
• वसु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वाराणसीम्: Vārāṇasī
• वाराणसीम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• समासाद्य: having reached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having reached/approached)

• ब्रध्नम्: Bradhna (the Sun)
• ब्रध्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रध्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); सूर्यनाम

• आराधयत्: worshipped
• आराधयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुधीः: the wise man
• सुधीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimalāditya/Bradhna worship locus in Kāśī (Harikeśava-vana context from prior verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni (unnamed sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vimala, ravaged by leprosy, abandons household ties and arrives in Kāśī; he stands before Bradhna (the Sun) in worship, embodying both desperation and devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Vārāṇasī
• Bradhna (Sūrya)
• Vimala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When afflicted, one may turn from worldly dependence to pilgrimage and devotion; sacred place and sincere worship become a path to renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) as the destination where Sun-worship connected to Vimalāditya bears fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (formal worship) of Bradhna/Āditya after arriving in Vārāṇasī.