Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

कृतानि यानि पापानि नरैः संवत्सरावधि । नश्यंति क्षणतस्तानि षष्ठ्यर्के लोलदर्शनात्

Transliteration

kṛtāni yāni pāpāni naraiḥ saṃvatsarāvadhi | naśyaṃti kṣaṇatastāni ṣaṣṭhyarke loladarśanāt

Translation

ഒരു വർഷകാലത്ത് മനുഷ്യർ ചെയ്ത പാപങ്ങൾ എല്ലാം, ഷഷ്ഠീ-അർക്ക ദിനത്തിൽ ലോലാർക ദർശനം മാത്രത്താൽ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നെ നശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• कृतानि: committed
• कृतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier of पापानि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; (done/committed)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Sambandha (Relative connector)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun: which)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (Nominative plural)

• नरैः: by men/people
• नरैः: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (Instrumental plural)

• संवत्सरावधि: for up to a year
• संवत्सरावधि: Adhikarana (Temporal extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक) + अवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial: up to a year/for a year’s duration)

• नश्यन्ति: perish
• नश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• क्षणतः: instantly
• क्षणतः: Adhikarana (Manner/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभूतम् (ablatival adverb: in an instant/instantly)

• तानि: those (sins)
• तानि: Karta (Coreferential subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (Nominative plural; demonstrative: those)

• षष्ठ्यर्के: at Ṣaṣṭhyarka
• षष्ठ्यर्के: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठ्याः अर्कः = ‘Sixth-day Sun’/Ṣaṣṭhyarka, a form/place)

• लोलदर्शनात्: from seeing Lolā(rka)
• लोलदर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोल (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोलस्य दर्शनम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lolārka (Ṣaṣṭhī-arka darśana)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Ṣaṣṭhī-arka day, the Sun rises intensely; devotees behold Lolārka, and a symbolic ‘darkness’ (sins) dissolves instantly into light.

Characters & Entities

• Lolārka
• Ṣaṣṭhī
• Arka/Āditya (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana at a sanctified place and time can rapidly cleanse accumulated moral burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lolārka in Kāśī, especially in connection with Ṣaṣṭhī timing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake Lolārka-darśana on Ṣaṣṭhī associated with Arka (the Sun) to gain swift purification.