Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

एवं सर्वासु तिथिषु क्रमस्नायी नरोत्तमः । आशुक्लपक्षदशमि प्रतिजन्माघमुत्सृजेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ sarvāsu tithiṣu kramasnāyī narottamaḥ | āśuklapakṣadaśami pratijanmāghamutsṛjet

Translation

Así, en todos los tithi, el mejor de los hombres que se baña en el debido orden va desechando el pecado de cada nacimiento, hasta el décimo día de la quincena luminosa.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• सर्वासु: in all
• सर्वासु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; ‘तिथिषु’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तिथिषु: on the tithis (lunar days)
• तिथिषु: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• क्रमस्नायी: one who bathes in sequence (as prescribed)
• क्रमस्नायी: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of नरोत्तमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रम + स्नायी (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘स्नायी’ = स्ना (धातु) + णिनि/इन्-प्रत्यय (agent noun: bather); समासः तत्पुरुषः (क्रमेण स्नायी)

• नरोत्तमः: the best of men
• नरोत्तमः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमः नरः)

• आशुक्लपक्षदशमि: on the tenth (tithi) of the dark fortnight
• आशुक्लपक्षदशमि: Adhikaraṇa (Implied time reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + शुक्ल + पक्ष + दशमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन (सम्बोधन/निर्देश-रूपेण); समासः तत्पुरुषः— ‘आ’ उपसर्गसदृश-पूर्वपदेन ‘आशुक्ल’ (अशुक्ल/कृष्ण) पक्षस्य दशमी; तिथि-विशेषः

• प्रतिजन्म: in each birth
• प्रतिजन्म: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययत्वेन प्रयोगः; अर्थः ‘in each birth’

• अघम्: sin
• अघम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• उत्सृजेत्: should cast off
• उत्सृजेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + सृज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः उत्-; अर्थः ‘should abandon/cast off’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage-like procession of a pilgrim bathing day after day at different Kāśī waters, with a lunar calendar strip marking tithis from Pratipadā to Daśamī; the pilgrim’s aura becomes progressively brighter.

Characters & Entities

• Śukla Pakṣa
• Daśamī
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, disciplined practice (regular bathing aligned with tithis) is praised as a dharmic method to steadily uproot karmic impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Kāśī tīrtha-bathing framework centered around Daśāśvamedha/Rudra-related waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kramasnāna—bathing in a prescribed sequence across the tithis up to Śukla Daśamī.