Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

चंद्रोदयमनुप्राप्य द्रवीभूततनुस्ततः । धुनी भव सुते साध्वि धूतपापेति विश्रुता

Transliteration

caṃdrodayamanuprāpya dravībhūtatanustataḥ | dhunī bhava sute sādhvi dhūtapāpeti viśrutā

Translation

„Wenn der Mond aufgeht, wird dein Leib zerschmelzen; dann werde ein strömender Fluss, o tugendhafte Tochter, berühmt als ‚Dhūtapāpā‘, die Sündenabwäscherin.“

Word by Word

• चन्द्रोदयम्: moonrise
• चन्द्रोदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र-उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चन्द्रस्य उदयः)

• अनुप्राप्य: having reached
• अनुप्राप्य: Kriya (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-√प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having reached/attained’

• द्रवीभूततनुः: one whose body has melted (liquefied)
• द्रवीभूततनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रवीभूत-तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (द्रवीभूता तनुः यस्य)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (then/thereupon)

• धुनी: O Dhunī (river)
• धुनी: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धुनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे नाम (river-name)

• भव: become
• भव: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘become’

• सुते: O daughter
• सुते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-प्रथमा (सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘daughter’

• साध्वि: O virtuous one
• साध्वि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-प्रथमा (सम्बोधन), एकवचन; गुणवाचक-नाम

• धूतपापा: she whose sins are washed away
• धूतपापा: Karta (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूत-पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (धूतानि पापानि यस्याः)

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक (quotative)

• विश्रुता: renowned
• विश्रुता: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (renowned)

Speaker

The sage/father (within Skanda’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhūtapāpā

Type: ghat/stream (within Kāśī tīrtha-complex)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (traditional frame: sages/devotees)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At moonrise over Kāśī, a virtuous daughter’s body liquefies into a shining stream; the new river flows through ghāṭas as devotees watch in awe, the water gleaming like molten silver.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Dhūtapāpā (river/tīrtha)
• Candrakānta-śilā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace converts suffering into a vehicle of purification; in Kāśī, sacred nature itself becomes a means for pāpa-kṣaya (sin-removal).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dhūtapāpā stream/tīrtha in the Avimukta-Kāśī sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies the tīrtha’s purificatory function (especially via contact/bathing), though the explicit bathing rite appears later.