Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

स्नात्वोषसि नरो मौनी केशवादित्यपूजनात् । सप्तजन्मार्जितात्पापान्मुक्तो भवति तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

snātvoṣasi naro maunī keśavādityapūjanāt | saptajanmārjitātpāpānmukto bhavati tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

暁に沐浴し、沈黙の誓いを守る人は、ケーシャヴァーディティヤ（Keśavāditya）を礼拝することにより、七生に積んだ罪よりただちに解き放たれる。

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु; स्ना—स्नाने)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): “having bathed”

• उषसि: at dawn
• उषसि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; कालवाचक (at dawn)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• मौनी: silent/observing mauna
• मौनी: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मौनिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; नरः इति विशेषण (one observing silence)

• केशवादित्यपूजनात्: from the worship of Keśavāditya
• केशवादित्यपूजनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशवादित्य + पूजन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन; समासः (केशवादित्यस्य पूजनम्)

• सप्तजन्मार्जितात्: acquired over seven births
• सप्तजन्मार्जितात्: Karma/Hetu (Qualifier of ablative/पञ्चमी-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + जन्म + अर्जित (अर्ज्—धातु; अर्ज्—प्राप्तौ)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी; एकवचन; पापात् इति विशेषण; समासः (सप्तजन्मसु अर्जितम्)

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी; एकवचन

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु; मुच्—मोचने)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; “freed”

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु; भू—सत्तायाम्)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्क्षणात्: at that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् + क्षण (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभूतम्; कालवाचक अव्यय (immediately)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādodaka Tīrtha (context) / Keśavāditya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At first light, a silent devotee emerges from sacred water, hands folded, then offers a lamp to Keśavāditya; a radiant aura signifies seven-birth burdens dissolving.

Characters & Entities

• Keśavāditya
• Pādodaka Tīrtha context (implied from prior verse)
• Dawn bath (uṣaḥ-snānā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined practice—dawn purity and inner restraint (mauna)—combined with devotion is said to rapidly burn away deep karmic residue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Keśavāditya in Kāśī (with the preceding context pointing to Pādodaka Tīrtha near Ādikeśava).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Uṣaḥ-snānā (bathing at dawn), observing mauna (silence), and performing Keśavāditya-pūjā.