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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । शृणु वातापि संहर्तः काश्यां पातकतंकिनी । पद्मकल्पे तु या वृत्ता दमनस्य द्विजन्मनः

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇu vātāpi saṃhartaḥ kāśyāṃ pātakataṃkinī | padmakalpe tu yā vṛttā damanasya dvijanmanaḥ

Translation

Skanda sprach: Höre, o Bezwinger Vātāpis, diesen mit Kāśī verbundenen, sündenvernichtenden Bericht: die Begebenheit aus dem Padma-Kalpa über Damana, den Zweimalgeborenen (Brāhmaṇa).

Word by Word
स्कन्दःSkanda
स्कन्दः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन
वातापिVātāpi (name)
वातापि:
Sambandha/Topic (विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootवातापि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम)
संहर्ताdestroyer
संहर्ता:
Visheshya (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootसम्-हृ (धातु) + तृ (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
काश्याम्in Kāśī
काश्याम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
पातकतङ्किनीremover/striker of sins
पातकतङ्किनी:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपातक (प्रातिपदिक) + तङ्किनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पातकस्य तङ्किनी)
पद्मकल्पेin the Padma-kalpa
पद्मकल्पे:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपद्मकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (पद्मः इव कल्पः)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ
याwho/which
या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun)
वृत्ताoccurred/happened
वृत्ता:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
दमनस्यof Damana
दमनस्य:
Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदमन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
द्विजन्मनःof the twice-born (brahmin)
द्विजन्मनः:
Apposition/Genitive qualifier (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (द्वि + जन्मन्)
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (implied by epithet 'Vātāpi-saṃhartṛ')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda as narrator begins a sacred tale: a seated divine teacher in a luminous assembly, gesturing to begin the Kāśī sin-destroying account set in the Padma-kalpa; listeners attentive, with subtle iconography of Kāśī (liṅga, ghāṭa, Gaṅgā) in the background.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda
V
Vātāpi
K
Kāśī
D
Damana
P
Padma-kalpa

FAQs

Sacred narratives linked to Kāśī are presented as purifying—hearing them is itself a dharmic act that dispels sin.

Kāśī is invoked as the central sacred field; the specific tīrtha details unfold in the subsequent verses of this adhyāya.

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the implied practice is śravaṇa (devotional listening) to a purifying māhātmya.

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