Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

सकृन्ममाख्यां गृणतां निर्हरन्यदघान्यहम् । हरिनामसमापन्नस्तद्बलान्माणिकर्णिकात्

Transliteration

sakṛnmamākhyāṃ gṛṇatāṃ nirharanyadaghānyaham | harināmasamāpannastadbalānmāṇikarṇikāt

Translation

Wer meinen Namen auch nur ein einziges Mal ausspricht, dem nehme ich die Sünden hinweg. Durch die Kraft des heiligen Namens Haris entsteht diese Gnade aus der Macht von Maṇikarṇikā.

Word by Word

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/आवृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb of frequency)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Case 6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आख्याम्: name
• आख्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन

• गृणताम्: of those who praise/utter
• गृणताम्: Sambandha (Genitive—of those who/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), षष्ठी (Case 6), बहुवचन; ‘गृणत्’

• निर्हरन्: removing
• निर्हरन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + हृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), एकवचन

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• अघानि: sins
• अघानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), बहुवचन

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

• हरिनामसमापन्नः: endowed with Hari’s name (devoted to chanting)
• हरिनामसमापन्नः: Karta (Subject—qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरि-नाम-समापन्न (प्रातिपदिक; हरि + नाम + समापन्न)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), एकवचन; विशेषण (अहम्); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हरेः नाम्ना समापन्नः/समापन्नः)

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

• बलात्: by the power (of it)
• बलात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Case 5), एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी (ablative of cause)

• माणिकर्णिकात्: from Maṇikarṇikā
• माणिकर्णिकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माणिकर्णिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Case 5), एकवचन

Speaker

Viṣṇu (contextually, speaking within Skanda’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at Maṇikarṇikā, hands folded, uttering ‘Hari’ once with intense sincerity; a subtle radiance rises from the water, dissolving dark smoke-like sin imagery; the ghāṭa and river glow with quiet power.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Harināma
• Maṇikarṇikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine name-recitation is depicted as immensely purifying, and Maṇikarṇikā is praised as amplifying that salvific power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-japa/recitation: uttering the Lord’s name even once (sakṛt) is presented as a means of removing sins, especially in connection with Maṇikarṇikā.