Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

एधिताऽखिलधर्मार्थात्वेकैकामृतदायिनी । एधनीयस्वभावैज्या त्वेजिता शेषपातका

Transliteration

edhitā'khiladharmārthātvekaikāmṛtadāyinī | edhanīyasvabhāvaijyā tvejitā śeṣapātakā

Translation

Tu croîs par toutes les formes de dharma et d’artha, et tu accordes l’amṛta, le nectar, même à chaque dévot pris individuellement. Ta nature est d’être attisée et honorée par le culte ; tu es éveillée à la manifestation et tu ôtes même les fautes résiduelles.

Word by Word

• एधिता: increased, prospered
• एधिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √एध् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• अखिलधर्मार्थत्व: in the state of being all dharma and artha
• अखिलधर्मार्थत्व: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + त्व (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (neuter, locative, singular)

• एकैकामृतदायिनी: giver of nectar to each one
• एकैकामृतदायिनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक) + दायिनी (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from √दा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (feminine, nominative, singular; adjective)

• एधनीयस्वभावैज्या: worship whose nature is to be increased/nourished
• एधनीयस्वभावैज्या: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एधनीय (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from √एध्, potential/gerundive sense) + स्वभाव (प्रातिपदिक) + इज्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषबोधक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• एजिता: worshipped, honored
• एजिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √इज्/√यज् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• शेषपातका: remaining sin(s)
• शेषपातका: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-Gaṅgā (amṛta-dāyinī)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kṣetra-māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone devotee at a Kāśī ghāṭa offers a lamp; the flame expands into a radiant aura around Gaṅgā’s waves, depicted as nectar-like light washing away dark traces labeled as ‘residual sins’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship in the spirit of Kāśī’s dharma purifies even leftover karmic stains and grants life-giving spiritual sweetness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred field where worship yields purification and nectar-like merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ijā/ijyā (worship) is highlighted as the means; no single named rite is specified.