Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 190

Devanagari script

प्रचंडनरसिंहोहं चंडभैरवपूर्वतः । प्रचंडमप्यघं कृत्वा निष्पाप्मा स्यात्तदर्चनात्

Transliteration

pracaṃḍanarasiṃhohaṃ caṃḍabhairavapūrvataḥ | pracaṃḍamapyaghaṃ kṛtvā niṣpāpmā syāttadarcanāt

Translation

„Ich bin Pracaṇḍa Narasiṃha“, östlich von Caṇḍa Bhairava. Selbst wer furchtbare Sünde begangen hat, wird durch seine Verehrung sündenfrei.

Word by Word

• प्रचण्डनरसिंहः: (I am) the fierce Narasiṃha
• प्रचण्डनरसिंहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रचण्ड-नरसिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समास: प्रचण्डः नरसिंहः (कर्मधारय)

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

• चण्डभैरवपूर्वतः: to the east/in front of Caṇḍa-bhairava
• चण्डभैरवपूर्वतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चण्ड-भैरव-पूर्वतस् (प्रातिपदिक + अव्ययप्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्/तस्-प्रत्ययान्त adverb), स्थानवाचक; समास: चण्डभैरवस्य पूर्वतः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• प्रचण्डम्: fierce/terrible
• प्रचण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रचण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणं अघम् इति

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle), अपि=even/also

• अघम्: sin/evil
• अघम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done/committed
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातु: कृ (करणे)

• निष्पाप्मा: free from sin
• निष्पाप्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणं (सः) इति

• स्यात्: would become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदर्चनात्: from worship of that (deity)
• तदर्चनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; समास: तस्य अर्चनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Pracaṇḍa Narasiṃha (self-identification within the verse; embedded deity-voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pracaṇḍa Narasiṃha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compact shrine: fierce Narasiṃha with blazing eyes and mane, standing as guardian; nearby the aura of Caṇḍa Bhairava’s domain; a penitent devotee offers lamp and flowers; dark clouds of sin disperse before the deity’s radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Pracaṇḍa Narasiṃha
• Caṇḍa Bhairava
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In the Kāśī-kṣetra, devotion and worship (arcanā) to powerful protective forms is said to purify even grave wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pracaṇḍa Narasiṃha presence/shrine, described as being east of Caṇḍa Bhairava in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcanā—formal worship of Pracaṇḍa Narasiṃha.