Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं सर्वपातकनाशनम् । कलशेश्वरमाहात्म्यं विस्तरेण द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam | kalaśeśvaramāhātmyaṃ vistareṇa dvijottamāḥ

Translation

Ainsi vous ai-je tout exposé en détail, ô les meilleurs des deux-fois-nés : la Māhātmya de Kalaśeśvara, qui détruit tous les grands péchés.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — here object/complement ‘this’

• vaḥ: to you; for you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, बहुवचन (enclitic) — ‘of you/for you’; here dative sense ‘to you’

• sarvam: all; entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषण of ‘etat’

• ākhyātam: has been explained
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+√khyā (धातु) → ākhyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘told/declared’ (impersonal/passive sense: ‘has been told’)

• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: destroying all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — तत्पुरुष; विशेषण of ‘etat/sarvam’: ‘destroyer of all sins’

• kalaśa-īśvara-māhātmyam: the glory of Kalaśeśvara
• kalaśa-īśvara-māhātmyam: Karma (Apposition/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — तत्पुरुष; apposition to ‘etat’: ‘the greatness of Kalaśeśvara’

• vistareṇa: in detail
• vistareṇa: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental ‘in detail/at length’

• dvija-uttamāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• dvija-uttamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — कर्मधारय; संबोधनार्थे प्रथमा-बहुवचन: ‘O best of Brahmins’

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalaśeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamas (best of the twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator addresses assembled dvijas, concluding the detailed account of Kalaśeśvara’s greatness; the shrine’s emblem (liṅga with kalaśa motif) is symbolically present behind him.

Characters & Entities

• Kalaśeśvara
• Dvijottamāḥ (sages/audience)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and preserving the account of a holy site is itself part of dharma, because it directs people toward sin-destroying pilgrimage and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kalaśeśvara and its associated tīrtha/kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite here; it functions as a concluding announcement of the Kalaśeśvara Māhātmya.