Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

प्रतापिनामग्निरसि क्षमाऽसि त्वं क्षमावताम् । दातॄणामसि पर्जन्यः पवित्राणां परोह्यसि

Transliteration

pratāpināmagnirasi kṣamā'si tvaṃ kṣamāvatām | dātṝṇāmasi parjanyaḥ pavitrāṇāṃ parohyasi

Translation

For the mighty, you are fire itself; for the forbearing, you are their very forgiveness. For givers, you are the nourishing rain-cloud; among the pure, you are the Supreme—O Lord of Kāśī.

Word by Word

• प्रतापिनाम्: of the mighty/valorous
• प्रतापिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्षमाः: forbearance, forgiveness
• क्षमाः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्षमावताम्: of the forbearing
• क्षमावताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षमावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दातॄणाम्: of the givers/donors
• दातॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• पर्जन्यः: rain-cloud, rain-giver
• पर्जन्यः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• पवित्राणाम्: of the pure/purifiers
• पवित्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• परः: supreme, higher
• परः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers a hymn to Kāśīnātha/Viśveśvara; behind the deity appear symbolic forms: fire for the mighty, a gentle forgiving hand for the forbearing, rainclouds pouring for donors, and a radiant aura for the pure.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Viśveśvara (implied)
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is the inner essence of every virtue—power, patience, charity, and purity—so devotion unifies all dharmic qualities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), especially the presence of Viśveśvara, the all-pervading Lord worshipped in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; the verse functions as stuti, supporting worship through praise and remembrance.