Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

केदारभक्तं संपूज्य वासोन्नद्रविणादिभिः । आजन्मजनितं पापं त्यक्त्वा याति ममालयम्

Transliteration

kedārabhaktaṃ saṃpūjya vāsonnadraviṇādibhiḥ | ājanmajanitaṃ pāpaṃ tyaktvā yāti mamālayam

Translation

Hat man einen Verehrer Kedāras mit Gewändern, Speise, Reichtum und dergleichen rechtmäßig geehrt, so wirft man die seit der Geburt angesammelten Sünden ab und gelangt in Meine Wohnstatt.

Word by Word

• केदारभक्तम्: a devotee of Kedāra
• केदारभक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—केदारस्य भक्तः

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव), ‘संपूज्य’ = having duly worshipped/honoured

• वासः: clothes, garment
• वासः: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग)

• अन्न: food
• अन्न: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग)

• द्रविण: wealth, money
• द्रविण: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग)

• आदिभिः: with etc. (and other items)
• आदिभिः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ = etc., and the like

• आजन्मजनितम्: produced from birth, accumulated since birth
• आजन्मजनितम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + जन्म + जनित (प्रातिपदिक; जनि/जन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘आजन्म’ (from birth) इति अव्ययीभावपूर्वपद + जनित

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव), ‘त्यक्त्वा’ = having abandoned

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• आलयम्: abode
• आलयम्: Karma (Goal/गन्तव्य-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra devotion in Kāśī (via bhakta-pūjā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/householders in Kāśī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder in Kāśī respectfully offers cloth, food, and coins to a Kedāra devotee (with tripuṇḍra/rudrākṣa), while a Śiva-liṅga or Śiva’s presence is subtly shown blessing them; the giver’s burden of sin is symbolically lifted.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra
• Kedāra-bhakta (devotee)
• My abode (Śiva’s realm implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service and generosity toward Śiva’s devotees is a powerful purifier and leads toward liberation/Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāreśvara devotion as centered in Kāśī’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Honoring Kedāra-devotees with dāna—clothes, food, wealth, and similar offerings.