Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

सर्वं परित्यज्य रवे यो लिंगं शरणं गतः । न तं पापानि बाधंते महांत्यपि दिवाकर

Transliteration

sarvaṃ parityajya rave yo liṃgaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | na taṃ pāpāni bādhaṃte mahāṃtyapi divākara

Translation

Ô Soleil, celui qui, renonçant à tout, prend refuge dans le Liṅga, aucun péché, fût-il immense, ne peut l’atteindre, ô Faiseur du Jour.

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (as object of gerund: having abandoned everything)

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund/absolutive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable); ‘having abandoned’

• रवे: O Ravi (Sun)
• रवे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (he who)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म (object of ‘to go’)

• गतः: has gone / has taken (refuge)
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि—‘(यः) गतः (अस्ति)’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• बाधन्ते: afflict
• बाधन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• महान्ति: great
• महान्ति: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘पापानि’ इति विशेषणम्

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-अव्यय (even)

• दिवाकर: O Divākara (Sun)
• दिवाकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-Avimukta (liṅga-śaraṇa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise on a Kāśī ghāṭ, a devotee renounces possessions and bows to a liṅga shrine; the Sun overhead shines as witness while dark chains labeled 'pāpa' break and fall away.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Sun (Ravi/Divākara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati—total surrender to Śiva symbolized by the liṅga—overpowers even the gravest sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the contextual frame (Kāśīkhaṇḍa) where refuge in Śiva is praised as supremely purifying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a detailed rite; it prescribes śaraṇa-gamana—taking refuge in the liṅga (devotional surrender), which can be expressed through regular liṅga-pūjā and remembrance.