Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

अविमुक्ते महाक्षेत्रेऽविमुक्तमवलोक्य च । त्रिजन्मजनितं पापं हित्वा पुण्यमयो भवेत्

Transliteration

avimukte mahākṣetre'vimuktamavalokya ca | trijanmajanitaṃ pāpaṃ hitvā puṇyamayo bhavet

Translation

In the great sacred field of Avimukta, by beholding Avimukta, one casts off sins born of three lifetimes and becomes filled with merit (puṇya).

Word by Word

• अविमुक्ते: in Avimukta (Kāśī)
• अविमुक्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविमुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम), सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• महा-क्षेत्रे: in the great sacred field
• महा-क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महच्च तत् क्षेत्रम्)

• अविमुक्तम्: Avimukta (the sacred one/place)
• अविमुक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविमुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; (देवता/लिङ्ग/स्थान-विशेष)

• अवलोक्य: having beheld
• अवलोक्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-लोक् (धातु) → अवलोक्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समर्थ), ‘having seen/beheld’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• त्रि-जन्म-जनितम्: produced in three births
• त्रि-जन्म-जनितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + जनित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (त्रिषु जन्मसु जनितम्)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• हित्वा: having abandoned
• हित्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु) → हित्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having abandoned’

• पुण्य-मयः: full of merit
• पुण्य-मयः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पुण्येन मयः = full of merit)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta Mahākṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim enters the sacred bounds of Avimukta and beholds the deity/linga; three layers of shadow (three births) fall away, replaced by a bright mantle of merit.

Characters & Entities

• Avimukta-kṣetra
• Avimukteśvara/Avimukta presence
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-darśana in Avimukta is depicted as exceptionally purifying, transforming the devotee into a vessel of puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta-mahākṣetra in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avalokana/darśana (sacred seeing) within the kṣetra is the implied devotional act.