Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

स्नातव्यं मणिकर्ण्यां च द्रष्टव्यः करुणेश्वरः । क्षेत्रोपसर्गजा भीतिर्हातव्या परया मुदा

Transliteration

snātavyaṃ maṇikarṇyāṃ ca draṣṭavyaḥ karuṇeśvaraḥ | kṣetropasargajā bhītirhātavyā parayā mudā

Translation

One should bathe at Maṇikarṇī, and one should behold Karuṇeśvara. Fear arising from afflictions within the sacred field should be cast off with supreme joy.

Word by Word

• snātavyam: one should bathe
• snātavyam: Vidhi (Injunctive obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धा.) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Gerundive: ‘to be bathed’/‘one should bathe’

• maṇikarṇyām: in Maṇikarṇī
• maṇikarṇyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇikarṇī (प्रातिपदिक; नदी-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — Feminine, Locative, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• draṣṭavyaḥ: should be seen
• draṣṭavyaḥ: Vidhi (Injunctive obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धा.) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Gerundive: ‘to be seen’/‘should be seen’

• karuṇeśvaraḥ: Karuṇeśvara
• karuṇeśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karuṇeśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• kṣetra-upasarga-jā: arising from troubles in the sacred area
• kṣetra-upasarga-jā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣetra + upasarga + jā (प्रातिपदिक; √jan (धा.) + क्त/ज)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular (qualifying ‘bhītiḥ’); ‘क्षेत्रोपसर्गात् जाता’ — arisen from afflictions of the kṣetra

• bhītiḥ: fear
• bhītiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• hātavyā: should be abandoned
• hātavyā: Vidhi (Injunctive obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hā (धा.) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Gerundive: ‘to be abandoned’/‘should be given up’

• parayā: by supreme
• parayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular (qualifying ‘mudā’)

• mudā: with joy
• mudā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṇikarṇī (with Karuṇeśvara darśana)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at Maṇikarṇī waters, then proceed with wet hair and folded hands to Karuṇeśvara; their faces shift from worry to radiant relief.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇikarṇī (tīrtha)
• Karuṇeśvara
• Kāśī kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s holy regimen—tīrtha-snāna and Śiva-darśana—transforms anxiety into spiritual confidence and joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṇikarṇī tīrtha and the Karuṇeśvara Liṅga in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at Maṇikarṇī and darśana (visiting/seeing) Karuṇeśvara.