Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
स्कंद उवाच । मुनऽत्र मैत्रावरुणे यथा देवेन भाषितम् । शुणु त्रिपथगामिन्या माहात्म्यं पातकापहम्
Transliteration
skaṃda uvāca | muna'tra maitrāvaruṇe yathā devena bhāṣitam | śuṇu tripathagāminyā māhātmyaṃ pātakāpaham
Translation
സ്കന്ദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ മൈത്രാവരുണ മുനിയേ! ദേവൻ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ തന്നെ ഇവിടെ കേൾക്കുക—ത്രിപഥഗാമിനിയായ (ഗംഗ)യുടെ പാതകനാശക മഹാത്മ്യം.
Word by Word
स्कन्दःSkanda
स्कन्दः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
मुनेO sage
मुने:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अत्रhere, in this context
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
मैत्रावरुणेO Maitrāvaruṇa (Agastya)
मैत्रावरुणे:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमैत्रावरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (patronymic epithet of Agastya)
यथाas, just as
यथा:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as/according to)
देवेनby the god (the Lord)
देवेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
भाषितम्spoken
भाषितम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeAdjective
Rootभाष् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (यथा ... भाषितम्)
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
त्रिपथगामिन्याःof the three-pathed (Gaṅgā)
त्रिपथगामिन्याः:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि + पथ + गामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (she who goes in three paths = Gaṅgā)
माहात्म्यम्glory, greatness
माहात्म्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमाहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पातकापहम्removing sins
पातकापहम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपातक + अपह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (sin-removing), विशेषण (of माहात्म्यम्)
Speaker
Skanda
Characters & Entities
S
SkandaA
Agastya (Maitrāvaruṇa)G
Gaṅgā (Tripathagāminī)FAQs
Listening (śravaṇa) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself dharmic: it orients the mind toward purification and pilgrimage faith.
Gaṅgā, praised as Tripathagāminī, central to Kāśī’s tīrtha identity.
A listening/recitation context is implied—hear the māhātmya as taught by authoritative tradition.