Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

ढौकिताशेषनिर्वाणा ढक्कानादचलज्जला । ढुंढिविघ्नेशजननी ढणड्ढुणितपातका

Transliteration

ḍhaukitāśeṣanirvāṇā ḍhakkānādacalajjalā | ḍhuṃḍhivighneśajananī ḍhaṇaḍḍhuṇitapātakā

Translation

She draws all beings toward liberation; her waters tremble to the sound of the ḍhakkā drum. She is the Mother of Ḍhuṃḍhi‑Vighneśa, and by her reverberation she shakes away sins.

Word by Word

• ढौकिताशेषनिर्वाणा: she who brings about complete liberation (sense via ‘causing/bringing’)
• ढौकिताशेषनिर्वाणा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ढौकित (कृदन्त; √ढौक्/√ढौकय्?; ‘to strike/approach’, uncertain) + अशेष (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अशेषं निर्वाणं ढौकितं/प्रापितं यस्याः)

• ढक्कानादचलज्जला: trembling/moving with the sound of the ḍhakkā drum
• ढक्कानादचलज्जला: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ढक्का (प्रातिपदिक; ढक्का-वाद्य) + नाद (प्रातिपदिक) + चल (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्जला/जला (प्रातिपदिक; uncertain reading)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ढक्कानादेन चलत् …) ; ज्जला-पदस्य अर्थ/पाठभेदः अनिश्चित

• ढुंढिविघ्नेशजननी: mother of Ḍhuṃḍhi-Vighneśa (Gaṇeśa)
• ढुंढिविघ्नेशजननी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ढुंढि (प्रातिपदिक) + विघ्नेश (प्रातिपदिक) + जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ढुंढिविघ्नेशस्य जननी)

• ढणड्ढुणितपातका: she whose resounding destroys sins / resounding about sins (sense uncertain)
• ढणड्ढुणितपातका: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ढणड्ढुणित (कृदन्त; ध्वन्यनुकरण-धातु √ढुण्?; ‘to resound’, uncertain) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ढणड्ढुणितेन पातकानि …; अथवा पातकं ढणड्ढुणितं यस्याः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-Gaṅgā with Ḍhuṃḍhi-Vighneśa sambandha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kāśī-māhātmya audience / pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṅgā’s waters quiver with drum-sound; sins depicted as dark fragments dissolving in the vibration; nearby stands Ḍhuṃḍhi-Vighneśa shrine, with Gaṇeśa as child of Gaṅgā in symbolic maternity; pilgrims feel drawn toward a luminous ‘nirvāṇa’ horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Kāśī
• Ḍhuṃḍhi Vighneśa (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gaṅgā is liberation-oriented: her sanctity removes sin and supports the path beyond obstacles (Vighneśa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Gaṅgā and the sacred sphere associated with Ḍhuṃḍhi Vighneśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; implicitly supports Gaṇeśa/Gaṅgā worship and tīrtha-snānā for pāpa-kṣaya.