Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

इति सप्तविधं पापं स्नानान्मे सप्तसप्तिके । सप्तव्याधिसमायुक्तं हर माकरि सप्तमि

Transliteration

iti saptavidhaṃ pāpaṃ snānānme saptasaptike | saptavyādhisamāyuktaṃ hara mākari saptami

Translation

Demikianlah dosa tujuh macam ini—melalui mandiku dalam laku ‘tujuh-kali-tujuh’—hapuskanlah, wahai Mākarī Saptamī; dan lenyapkan pula gugus tujuh derita yang menyertainya.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative/thus)

• सप्तविधम्: sevenfold
• सप्तविधम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘सप्त प्रकाराः यस्य’ (sevenfold)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्नानात्: from bathing
• स्नानात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• मे: for me
• मे: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक

• सप्तसप्तिके: at Saptasaptikā (place/ghāṭa)
• सप्तसप्तिके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तसप्तिक (प्रातिपदिक; विशेष-नाम/तीर्थ-नाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगानुसार), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘सप्त-सप्ति’ (seven sevens) इति द्विगु-समास; स्थानवाचक

• सप्तव्याधिसमायुक्तम्: (sin) associated with seven ailments
• सप्तव्याधिसमायुक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या) + व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + समायुक्त (सम्-आ-युज् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘सप्तव्याधिभिः समायुक्तम्’ (endowed/associated with seven diseases)

• हर: remove
• हर: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• माकरि: O Mākarī
• माकरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माकरि (प्रातिपदिक; सम्बोधन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘माकरी’ इत्यस्य सम्बोधनरूप

• सप्तमि: O Saptamī
• सप्तमि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक; सम्बोधन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तिथिदेवी-सम्बोधन

Speaker

Unspecified (concluding line of the mantra set)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Keśavāditya (Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual bath sequence at a Kāśī ghāṭa: the devotee immerses repeatedly or performs a counted ablution, with seven symbolic lotuses or seven rays of the sun above; afflictions depicted as dissolving shadows.

Characters & Entities

• Mākarī Saptamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity is not merely physical: bathing joined to vow and prayer is presented as a means to dissolve karmic causes of suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred setting, where bathing rites and sun-related tīrthas are especially praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) connected to a ‘sapta-saptika’ measure, accompanied by invocation of Mākarī Saptamī.