Shloka 57 - Adhyaya 49 - Purva Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Japanese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

विश्वेश्वरि त्वमसि विश्वजनस्य कर्त्री त्वं पालयित्र्यसि तथा प्रलयेपिहंत्री । त्वन्नामकीर्तनसमुल्लसदच्छपुण्या स्रोतस्विनी हरति पातककूलवृक्षान्

Transliteration

viśveśvari tvamasi viśvajanasya kartrī tvaṃ pālayitryasi tathā pralayepihaṃtrī | tvannāmakīrtanasamullasadacchapuṇyā srotasvinī harati pātakakūlavṛkṣān

Translation

宇宙の主宰なる女神よ、汝は万有の創造者、また守護者にして、劫末の溶解においては破壊者でもある。汝の御名を唱えることにより湧き立つ清浄にして光り輝く功徳の河は、罪の群れより成る樹々の森を根こそぎ引き抜く。

Word by Word

विश्वेश्वरिO Lady of the universe

त्वम्you

असिare

विश्वजनस्यof all people/the world’s beings

कर्त्रीcreator

त्वम्you

पालयित्रीprotector

असिare

तथाlikewise

प्रलयेat dissolution (cosmic end)

अपिalso

हन्त्रीdestroyer

त्वत्-नाम-कीर्तन-समुल्लसत्-अच्छ-पुण्याwhose pure merit shines forth through the chanting of your name

स्रोतस्विनीthe river/stream

हरतिremoves, carries away

पातककूलवृक्षान्the trees (i.e., deep-rooted masses) of sins

Speaker

Ravi (Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Viśveśvarī-bhāva)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Viśveśvarī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī as Viśveśvarī stands as cosmic sovereign: subtle imagery of creation, protection, and dissolution around her; from devotees’ chanting rises a bright, clear ‘river of merit’ sweeping away a dark forest of sin-trees uprooted at the roots.

Characters & Entities

Devī (Viśveśvarī)

Pralaya

River/stream of merit (srotasvinī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Name-chanting is a powerful purifier; Devī governs creation, protection, and dissolution as the cosmic Śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, where Viśveśvarī/Śakti is praised together with the kṣetra’s saving power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-kīrtana (chanting the Goddess’s names) is explicitly praised as sin-destroying.