Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सुमंतु मुनिना श्रेष्ठस्तत्रादित्यः प्रतिष्ठितः । तस्य संदर्शनादेव कुष्ठव्याधिः प्रशाम्यति

Transliteration

sumaṃtu muninā śreṣṭhastatrādityaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | tasya saṃdarśanādeva kuṣṭhavyādhiḥ praśāmyati

Translation

Dort hat der erhabene Weise Sumaṃtu Āditya (die Sonne) eingesetzt. Schon durch sein bloßes Schauen wird die Krankheit der Lepra besänftigt und klingt ab.

Word by Word

• सुमन्तुः: Sumantu (sage)
• सुमन्तुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• मुनिना: by the sage
• मुनिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• श्रेष्ठः: excellent, best
• श्रेष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• आदित्यः: the Sun (Aditya)
• आदित्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठितः: is established
• प्रतिष्ठितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (set/established)

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संदर्शनात्: from the sight (of it/him)
• संदर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• कुष्ठव्याधिः: the disease of leprosy
• कुष्ठव्याधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भाव: 'कुष्ठस्य व्याधिः'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रशाम्यति: subsides, is pacified
• प्रशाम्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sumaṃtu-pratiṣṭhita Āditya (Āditya-sthāna in Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Likely a sage/interlocutor within Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame (commonly Agastya in Uttarārdha contexts)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small sun-shrine in Kāśī: Sumaṃtu installs a radiant Āditya image; pilgrims with folded hands receive healing light; the ghāṭs and temple spires silhouette the dawn.

Characters & Entities

• Sumaṃtu
• Āditya (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy darśana at Kāśī is itself a purifier—simply seeing the divinity established by sages brings relief from deep afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Kāśī sacred spot in Uttarārdha, Adhyāya 15, where Sumaṃtu is said to have installed Āditya (Sūrya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverent viewing) of the installed Āditya; no separate dāna/snān/japa is specified in this verse.