Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

हरत्यघं ध्वंसयति व्याधीनाधीन्नियच्छति । धर्मं विवर्धयेत्क्षिप्रं प्रयच्छति मनोरथम्

Transliteration

haratyaghaṃ dhvaṃsayati vyādhīnādhīnniyacchati | dharmaṃ vivardhayetkṣipraṃ prayacchati manoratham

Translation

Elle ôte le péché, le détruit entièrement et réfrène les maladies ainsi que les tourments de l’esprit. Elle accroît promptement le dharma et accorde les vœux du cœur.

Word by Word

• harati: removes
• harati: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• agham: sin/evil
• agham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dhvaṃsayati: destroys
• dhvaṃsayati: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhvaṃs (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense possible: ‘causes to perish/destroys’)

• vyādhīn: diseases
• vyādhīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• ādhīn: mental afflictions/anxieties
• ādhīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• niyacchati: restrains/checks
• niyacchati: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्गः ‘नि-’

• dharmam: dharma/righteousness
• dharmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vivardhayet: should increase/promote
• vivardhayet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛdh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्गः ‘वि-’

• kṣipram: quickly
• kṣipram: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• prayacchati: grants/gives
• prayacchati: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्गः ‘प्र-’

• manoratham: desired wish
• manoratham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manoratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मनसः रथः → मनो-रथः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers tulasī and lamp to Hari; dark smoke-like forms labeled ‘aghā’ dissolve, while a sick person regains strength and a troubled mind becomes calm. A dharma-tree sprouts rapidly beside the shrine, symbolizing quick dharma growth.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is described as a comprehensive purifier and protector—uplifting dharma while alleviating suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse contributes to the overall Kāśī-khaṇḍa devotional atmosphere rather than naming a specific Kāśī tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is Hari-bhakti (worship/ārādhana, kīrtana, smaraṇa), presented as the cause of these fruits.