Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

विदारनरसिंहोहं काशीविघ्नविदारणः । तन्नाम्नि तीर्थे संसेव्यस्तीर्थोपद्रवशांतये

Transliteration

vidāranarasiṃhohaṃ kāśīvighnavidāraṇaḥ | tannāmni tīrthe saṃsevyastīrthopadravaśāṃtaye

Translation

Ich bin Vidāraṇa-Narasiṃha, der in Kāśī die Hindernisse zerreißt. An dem Tīrtha, das eben diesen Namen trägt, soll man Mich verehren, damit Störungen und Leiden, die das Tīrtha betreffen, besänftigt werden.

Word by Word

• विदारनरसिंहः: (I am) Vidāraṇa-Narasiṃha (the tearing Narasiṃha)
• विदारनरसिंहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदारण + नरसिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (विदारणः नरसिंहः = the tearing Narasiṃha)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• काशीविघ्नविदारणः: the destroyer of obstacles in Kāśī
• काशीविघ्नविदारणः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी + विघ्न + विदारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (काश्याः विघ्न-विदारणः = remover/tearer of obstacles in Kāśī)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; (तस्य)

• नाम्नि: in the name (i.e., bearing that name)
• नाम्नि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• संसेव्यः: to be frequented/served
• संसेव्यः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √सेव् (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (ya), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘to be resorted to/served’

• तीर्थोपद्रवशांतये: for the pacification of disturbances at the tīrtha
• तीर्थोपद्रवशांतये: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + उपद्रव + शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तीर्थ-उपद्रव-शान्ति = pacification of troubles at the tīrtha)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśī Khaṇḍa dialogues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vidāraṇa-Narasiṃha Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni addressed as ‘muṇe’ in the surrounding verses (dialogue frame continues)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic Narasiṃha icon at a Kāśī tīrtha—lion-faced, radiant mane, claws poised—yet blessing devotees; the river and ghāṭa behind, with dark clouds parting to symbolize obstacles being torn away and calm restored.

Characters & Entities

• Vidāraṇa-Narasiṃha
• Narasiṃha
• Kāśī
• Vighna
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s fierce protective form removes vighnas; devotion is presented as a dharmic means to restore auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vidāraṇa-Narasiṃha Tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sevā/samarcana at the named tīrtha for śānti—pacification of disturbances and obstacles.