Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तीर्थाद्दुर्गतिसंहर्तुर्बाह्मणाः प्रतिपेदिरे । एकादशशतान्येव द्रष्टुं देवमुमापतिम्

Transliteration

tīrthāddurgatisaṃharturbāhmaṇāḥ pratipedire | ekādaśaśatānyeva draṣṭuṃ devamumāpatim

Translation

Du tīrtha du Destructeur des funestes destinées partirent les brāhmaṇas—onze centaines en vérité—afin de contempler le Dieu, Umāpati (Śiva).

Word by Word

• तीर्थात्: from the tīrtha
• तीर्थात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुर्गतिसंहर्तुः: of the destroyer of misfortune
• दुर्गतिसंहर्तुः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गति + संहर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दुर्गतेः संहर्ता)

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रतिपेदिरे: they approached/reached
• प्रतिपेदिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• एकादशशतानि: eleven hundreds (1100)
• एकादशशतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादश + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (एकादश शतानि = 1100)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्तम्, infinitive; प्रयोजनार्थे

• देवम्: the god (Lord)
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उमापतिम्: Umā’s lord (Śiva)
• उमापतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (उमायाः पतिः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durgati-saṃhartṛ-tīrtha (epithet-based)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (general frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined column of brāhmaṇas departing from a shrine/ghāṭ named for ‘Durgati-saṃhartṛ’, carrying offerings (bilva, lamps), moving toward a prominent Śiva temple where Umā and Śiva are envisioned together (Umāpati).

Characters & Entities

• Umāpati (Śiva)
• Tīrtha
• Brāhmaṇas
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva as Umāpati is celebrated as the remover of durgati; seeking His darśana is a purifier and protector.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha associated with the 'durgati-saṃhartā' (Śiva) is referenced, within the Kāśī tīrtha-network.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act highlighted is darśana (beholding) of Umāpati; no detailed ritual steps are specified.