Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

ततः परशुरामस्य तीर्थं चातीव सिद्धिदम् । यत्र क्षत्रवधात्पापाज्जामदग्न्यो विमुक्तवान्

Transliteration

tataḥ paraśurāmasya tīrthaṃ cātīva siddhidam | yatra kṣatravadhātpāpājjāmadagnyo vimuktavān

Translation

Dann folgt das Tīrtha des Paraśurāma, das in höchstem Maße Siddhi, vollendete Verwirklichung, verleiht. Dort wurde Jāmadagnya von der Sünde befreit, die aus der Tötung der Kṣatriyas entstand.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter/from that
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-अर्थे (thereafter/from that)

• paraśurāmasya: of Paraśurāma
• paraśurāmasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paraśurāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (Gen sg)

• tīrtham: sacred place
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• atīva: exceedingly
• atīva: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atīva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (exceedingly)

• siddhi-dam: granting success/perfection
• siddhi-dam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + da (कृदन्त; √dā (दा) क/णिनि-प्रत्यय: द)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (उपपद: "सिद्धिं ददाति")

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (where)

• kṣatra-vadhāt: from the slaughter of kṣatriyas
• kṣatra-vadhāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + vadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी एकवचन (Abl sg); तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: "क्षत्रस्य वधः")

• pāpāt: from sin
• pāpāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी एकवचन (Abl sg)

• jāmadagnyaḥ: Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• jāmadagnyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmadagnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• vimuktavān: was freed
• vimuktavān: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + √muc (मुच्) क्तवत् (क्तवत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्तवत्); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तरि: "was freed/has been released"

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Paraśurāma-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paraśurāma, axe in hand but lowered, stands at a Kashi tīrtha with remorse; he bathes and offers water to a Śiva-liṅga, his fierce aura softening into peace; sages witness the transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Paraśurāma
• Jāmadagnya
• Paraśurāma Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even severe karmic burdens are said to be purified through rightly approached tīrthas, framing Kāśī as a landscape of prāyaścitta and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Paraśurāma Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies purification through association with the tīrtha (typically via snāna/visit), though the explicit act is not stated here.