Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 122

Devanagari script

इममध्यायमाकर्ण्य नरस्तद्गतमानसः । विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यः शिवलोकमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

imamadhyāyamākarṇya narastadgatamānasaḥ | vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ śivalokamavāpnuyāt

Translation

Wer dieses Kapitel hört, den Geist darin versenkt, wird von allen Sünden befreit und erlangt die Welt Śivas (Śivaloka).

Word by Word

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम

• अध्यायम्: chapter
• अध्यायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आकर्ण्य: having heard
• आकर्ण्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + कर्ण् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तद्गतमानसः: whose mind is absorbed in that
• तद्गतमानसः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् + गत + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तस्मिन् गतं मानसं यस्य (अर्थतः बहुव्रीहिवत्), रूपतः ‘तद्गत’ (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष) + ‘मानस’

• विमुक्तः: freed
• विमुक्तः: Vidhyartha (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु) → विमुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वाणि पापानि (कर्मधारय)

• शिवलोकम्: Śiva’s world
• शिवलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—शिवस्य लोकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अवाप्नुयात्: may attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (phalaśruti; deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya and the audience of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee sits near the Gaṅgā, eyes closed in absorption, listening to a reciter chanting the chapter; above, a subtle vision of Śiva-loka—radiant Kailāsa-like realm—appears as the fruit of śravaṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent listening (śravaṇa) with focused mind is itself a powerful sādhana that purifies sin and directs one toward Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Kāśī, since the chapter belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa and its Mahātmya tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing/recitation-listening) of the chapter with mental absorption is prescribed as the practice.