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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

छेदिताखिलपापौघा छद्मघ्नी छलहारिणी । छन्नत्रिविष्टप तला छोटिताशेषबंधना

Transliteration

cheditākhilapāpaughā chadmaghnī chalahāriṇī | channatriviṣṭapa talā choṭitāśeṣabaṃdhanā

Translation

അവൾ സർവ്വപാപപ്രവാഹവും ഛേദിക്കുന്നു; കപടതയെ നശിപ്പിച്ച് വഞ്ചനയെ ഹരിക്കുന്നു. അവൾ ത്രിവിഷ്ടപ ലോകങ്ങളെ ആച്ഛാദിച്ച് സംരക്ഷിക്കുകയും, ശേഷിപ്പില്ലാതെ എല്ലാ ബന്ധനങ്ങളും തകർക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

Word by Word
छेदिताcut off, destroyed
छेदिता:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootछिद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)
अखिलentire, all
अखिल:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपदत्वात् अव्यक्त-विभक्ति (in compound)
पापsin
पाप:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपदत्वात् अव्यक्त-विभक्ति (in compound)
ओघाflood, mass
ओघा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासोत्तरपद (head)
छेदिताखिलपापौघाshe who has cut off the entire flood of sins
छेदिताखिलपापौघा:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootछेदिता + अखिल + पाप + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अखिलपापौघस्य छेदिता)
छद्मdeceit, disguise
छद्म:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootछद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपदत्वात् अव्यक्त-विभक्ति (in compound)
घ्नीdestroyer (female)
घ्नी:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootहन् (धातु) + णिनि/इनी (कृदन्त; घ्नि-प्रत्यय)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; घ्नि-प्रत्ययान्त (killer/destroyer)
छद्मघ्नीdestroyer of deceit
छद्मघ्नी:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootछद्म + घ्नी (समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (छद्मस्य घ्नी)
छलfraud, trickery
छल:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootछल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपदत्वात् अव्यक्त-विभक्ति (in compound)
हारिणीremover, taker away
हारिणी:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootहृ (धातु) + णिनि (कृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त (one who removes/takes away)
छलहारिणीremover of fraud
छलहारिणी:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootछल + हारिणी (समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (छलस्य हारिणी)
छन्नcovered, concealed
छन्न:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootछद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपदत्वात् अव्यक्त-विभक्ति; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (covered)
त्रिविष्टपheaven (svarga)
त्रिविष्टप:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपदत्वात् अव्यक्त-विभक्ति (in compound)
तलाsurface, plane, ground
तला:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासोत्तरपद (head)
छन्नत्रिविष्टपतलाshe whose plane is covered with heaven (i.e., heaven-covering)
छन्नत्रिविष्टपतला:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootछन्न + त्रिविष्टप + तल (समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रिविष्टपस्य तलम्; तच्च छन्नम्)
छोटिताloosened, broken
छोटिता:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootछुट्/छोट् (धातु; causative sense) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (broken/loosened)
अशेषwithout remainder, all
अशेष:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासपूर्वपदत्वात् अव्यक्त-विभक्ति (in compound)
बंधनbond, bondage
बंधन:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबंधन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासोत्तरपदत्वात् प्रातिपदिक-आधार; स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रथमा-एकवचन रूपेण (बंधन + आ)
छोटिताशेषबंधनाshe who has loosened all bonds
छोटिताशेषबंधना:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootछोटिता + अशेष + बंधन (समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अशेषबंधनस्य छोटिता)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (Jāhnavī-tīra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame, typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified Gaṅgā as a radiant goddess on a riverbank at Kāśī, cutting through dark clouds of sin and snapping chains of bondage; devas above sheltered as if by her protective veil.

Characters & Entities
D
Devī (Śakti)
T
Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
K
Kāśī (contextual)

FAQs

Divine grace is ethical and liberating: the Goddess destroys deceit and hypocrisy, removes sin, and breaks the chains binding the soul.

Kāśī is the implied sacred context of the hymn within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

No explicit rite; the verse implies devotional praise as a means for pāpa-kṣaya and bandha-vimocana (release from bondage).

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