Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कदर्ययोनित्वादतीव परिनिंदितात् । अस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्याद्दिव्यदेहमवाप्तवान्

Transliteration

tasmātkadaryayonitvādatīva pariniṃditāt | asya tīrthasya māhātmyāddivyadehamavāptavān

Translation

Ainsi, arraché à cet état de naissance vil et profondément méprisé, il obtint un corps divin grâce à la grandeur (māhātmya) de ce tīrtha même.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that / therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• कदर्ययोनित्वात्: from (his) base birth/state
• कदर्ययोनित्वात्: Hetu (हेतु/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदर्य + योनि + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: कदर्ययोनिः (कदर्यस्य योनिḥ) + त्व (भाववाचक); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अतीव: exceedingly
• अतीव: Sambandha (क्रियाविशेषण/विशेषण-विशेषक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तीव्रता-वाचक (intensifier)

• परिनिन्दितात्: from the much-condemned (state)
• परिनिन्दितात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + निन्द् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘परिनिन्दित’; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भे ‘अवस्थातः’ इति)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यात्: from the greatness (power)
• माहात्म्यात्: Hetu (हेतु/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• दिव्यदेहम्: a divine body
• दिव्यदेहम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: दिव्यं देहम्, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्तवान्: obtained
• अवाप्तवान्: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया; कर्तरि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतुँ-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piśācamocana Tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contrast tableau: the memory of a despised, dark state dissolves behind; in front stands the serene, radiant divya-bodied figure, with the tīrtha shimmering as the causal sacred presence.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha (sacred site)
• Divya-deha (divine body)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sthala-māhātmya teaches radical redemption: even the most degraded condition can be overturned by contact with a truly holy place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha in Kāśī renowned for freeing beings from piśāca/preta conditions—Piśācamocana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, seeking the tīrtha and performing its purifying act (snāna), whose greatness is emphasized.