Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

नरः श्रुत्वैतदाख्यानं खखोल्कादित्यसंभवम् । गरुडेशेन सहितं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

naraḥ śrutvaitadākhyānaṃ khakholkādityasaṃbhavam | garuḍeśena sahitaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

ആദിത്യബന്ധത്തിൽ ജനിച്ച ഖഖോൽകയുടെ, ഗരുഡേശനോടുകൂടിയ ഈ പുണ്യാഖ്യാനം ശ്രവിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative Singular)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular) — आख्यानम् इति विशेषण

• आख्यानम्: narrative, account
• आख्यानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• खखोल्क: Khakholka-
• खखोल्क: Sambandha (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khakholka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचनार्थे समासपूर्वपद

• आदित्य: Sun (Āditya)-
• आदित्य: Sambandha (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचनार्थे समासमध्यपद

• संभवम्: originating from Khakholka-Āditya
• संभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक; sam√bhū + ghaÑ/भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular); खखोल्कादित्यसंभवम् = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (खखोल्कादित्यस्य सम्भवम्)

• गरुडेशेन: with Garuḍeśa
• गरुडेशेन: Sahakarana (Accompaniment/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)

• सहितम्: accompanied (together)
• सहितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक; √sah + kta)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) used adjectivally, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular) — आख्यानम् इति विशेषण

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-बहुवचन (Instrumental Plural) — समासपूर्वपद

• पापैः: from sins
• पापैः: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-बहुवचन (Instrumental Plural)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Khakholka (within Paiśaṃgila tīrtha, Kāśī)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small assembly of devotees seated near a Kāśī shrine as a paurāṇika reciter narrates the Khakholka-Āditya-Garuḍa account; sound waves depicted as luminous garlands removing dark stains from listeners.

Characters & Entities

• Khakholka
• Āditya (Sūrya)
• Garuḍeśa (Garuḍa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening (śravaṇa) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifying practice, capable of removing sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the glorification of the Khakholka-related tradition within Kāśī’s sacred landscape (linked to Paiśaṃgila in the preceding verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing the māhātmya/narrative—is the stated practice and its fruit is freedom from sins.