Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

यानियानि च पापानि कितवस्य महात्मनः । भस्मीभूतानि सर्वाणि जातानि स्मरणाच्च वै

Transliteration

yāniyāni ca pāpāni kitavasya mahātmanaḥ | bhasmībhūtāni sarvāṇi jātāni smaraṇācca vai

Translation

Welche Sünden auch immer der edle Kitava gehabt haben mochte—sie alle wurden wahrlich zu Asche, allein durch das Erinnern.

Word by Word

• यानि: whatever (things)
• यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• यानि: each and every
• यानि: Visheshana (Distributive/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (distributive: 'each and every')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• कितवस्य: of the gambler
• कितवस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कितव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषण (कितवस्य)

• भस्मीभूतानि: turned to ashes
• भस्मीभूतानि: Kriya (Result state/फल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भस्मी-भूत (प्रातिपदिक; भू (धातु) → भूत)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (भस्मी इव/भस्म-रूपेण भूतानि)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• जातानि: have become
• जातानि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past participle; 'become'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• स्मरणात्: from remembrance; by remembering
• स्मरणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (ablative of cause)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Deductive (Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice): likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The noble Kitava closes his eyes in Śiva-remembrance; dark soot-like sins flake away and turn to ash, carried off by a pure wind; a faint liṅga-light appears in his heart.

Characters & Entities

• Kitava
• Smaraṇa (remembrance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere remembrance (smaraṇa) of the divine burns accumulated sins, like fire reducing fuel to ash.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s Śaiva sacred landscape is the backdrop; the teaching supports Kedāra-māhātmya’s promise of purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (devotional recollection), a bhakti-practice presented as sufficient to destroy sins.