Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । नामधेयानि वक्ष्यामि योगिनीनां घटोद्भव । आकर्ण्य यानि पापानि क्षयंति भविनां क्षणात्

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | nāmadheyāni vakṣyāmi yoginīnāṃ ghaṭodbhava | ākarṇya yāni pāpāni kṣayaṃti bhavināṃ kṣaṇāt

Translation

Skanda bersabda: “Wahai Ghaṭodbhava (Vyāsa), akan kunyatakan nama-nama para Yoginī; mendengarnya saja, dosa makhluk hidup lenyap seketika.”

Word by Word

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular, Perfect, Parasmaipada)

• नामधेयानि: names
• नामधेयानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामधेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Plural)

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (1st person singular, Simple Future, Parasmaipada)

• योगिनीनाम्: of the Yoginīs
• योगिनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Feminine, Genitive, Plural)

• घट-उद्भव: O pot-born one (Agastya)
• घट-उद्भव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घट (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सप्तमी/पञ्चमी-भावार्थ: ‘घटात् उद्भवः’), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• आकर्ण्य: having heard
• आकर्ण्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कर्ण्/कॢ (धातु) + आ-उपसर्ग
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव: ‘having heard/listened’

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural); सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

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

• क्षयन्ति: perish/are destroyed
• क्षयन्ति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षि (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person plural, Present, Parasmaipada)

• भविनाम्: of beings/creatures
• भविनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• क्षणात्: in an instant / from a moment
• क्षणात्: Apādāna (Source/ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāsa (Ghaṭodbhava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda formally announces he will enumerate the Yoginīs’ names and declares their instantaneous sin-destroying power upon hearing.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Ghaṭodbhava (Vyāsa)
• Yoginīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred names (nāma) are presented as spiritually potent; even hearing them is said to destroy sin swiftly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s spiritual atmosphere is implied as the backdrop where Yoginī traditions carry extraordinary purificatory power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (hearing) of the Yoginī names is itself praised as a purifying practice.