Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

विमलादित्य इत्याख्या भक्तानां वरदा सदा । सर्वव्याधि निहंत्री च सर्वपापक्षयंकरी

Transliteration

vimalāditya ityākhyā bhaktānāṃ varadā sadā | sarvavyādhi nihaṃtrī ca sarvapāpakṣayaṃkarī

Translation

Connue sous le nom de Vimalāditya, elle accorde sans cesse des grâces aux dévots—détruisant toutes les maladies et amenuisant tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• विमलादित्य: Vimalāditya
• विमलादित्य: Karta (Name/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (विमलः आदित्यः)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणचिह्न

• आख्या: named / designation
• आख्या: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भक्तानाम्: of devotees
• भक्तानाम्: Sambandha (Beneficiary/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• वरदा: boon-giving
• वरदा: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (वरं ददाति इति)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक (always)

• सर्वव्याधि: all diseases
• सर्वव्याधि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वाः व्याधयः)

• निहन्त्री: destroyer
• निहन्त्री: Karta (Predicate agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• सर्वपापक्षयंकरी: causing the destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापक्षयंकरी: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वपापानां क्षयं करोति इति) विशेषण

Speaker

Sūrya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimalāditya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The named form ‘Vimalāditya’ is proclaimed as ever boon-giving, destroying all diseases and diminishing all sins; the icon shines with purifying brilliance, devotees gather for healing darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Vimalāditya (Sūrya image/deity)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Devotees (bhaktas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A consecrated divine presence in Kāśī becomes a refuge for devotees—bestowing blessings, health, and purification from sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vimalāditya shrine/tradition within Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as a boon-giving sacred locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship of Vimalāditya (Sūrya) is recommended as a means for disease-removal and sin-destruction.