Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

दारिताशेषपापाय नमस्ते दीर्घदर्शिने । दूराय दुरवाप्याय दोषनिर्दलनाय च

Transliteration

dāritāśeṣapāpāya namaste dīrghadarśine | dūrāya duravāpyāya doṣanirdalanāya ca

Translation

സകല പാപങ്ങളും കീറിത്തകർക്കുന്നവനേ, ദീർഘദർശിയായ പ്രഭോ, നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം. ദൂരസ്ഥനും ദുർലഭനും ആയിട്ടും ദോഷങ്ങളെ നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നവനേ, നിനക്കു പ്രണാമം.

Word by Word

• दारिताशेषपापाय: to the one who has destroyed all sins
• दारिताशेषपापाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारित-अशेष-पाप (प्रातिपदिक; दारित + अशेष + पाप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘दारित’ = √दॄ/√दर् (धातु) + णिच्? + क्त (causative sense ‘caused to be torn’)—कृदन्त; तत्पुरुषः—‘अशेषपापं दारितं येन’

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Bhava (Exclamation/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• दीर्घदर्शिने: to the far-seeing one
• दीर्घदर्शिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ-दर्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक; दीर्घ + दर्शिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; ‘दीर्घं (दूरं/भविष्यं) पश्यति’

• दूराय: to the distant/remote one
• दूराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; विशेषण

• दुरवाप्याय: to the hard-to-attain one
• दुरवाप्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्-अवाप्य (प्रातिपदिक; दुर् + अवाप्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; ‘अवाप्य’ = √आप् (धातु) + यत्/ण्यत् (gerundive) ‘to be attained’; उपसर्ग/निपात ‘दुर्’ सहित

• दोषनिर्दलनाय: to the destroyer of faults
• दोषनिर्दलनाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दोष-निर्दलन (प्रातिपदिक; दोष + निर्दलन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; ‘दोषानां निर्दलनं (नाशः) यस्य’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśī Khaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī (Viśveśvara sphere)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-seekers / Ṛṣi audience in frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as a vast, distant cosmic presence (suggesting ‘dūra’), yet extending a compassionate gaze toward a penitent devotee; dark smoke-like ‘pāpa’ forms are torn apart (dārita) by His radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Though transcendent and hard to grasp, Śiva is the purifier who eradicates sin and inner defects when approached with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Kāśī-centered Śiva praise; the tirtha is the sacred Kāśī sphere rather than a named ghat or temple here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it supports penitential recitation (stotra) as part of pilgrimage or daily worship.