Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

दोषाकर कलाधार त्यक्तदोषागमाय च । नमो धूर्जटये तुभ्यं धत्तूरकुसुमप्रिय

Transliteration

doṣākara kalādhāra tyaktadoṣāgamāya ca | namo dhūrjaṭaye tubhyaṃ dhattūrakusumapriya

Translation

മോഹിതർക്കു ദോഷങ്ങളുടെ ആകരമെന്നു തോന്നിയാലും, സകല കലകളുടെയും അധാരവും ദോഷസ്പർശരഹിതനും ആയവനേ, നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം. ധൂർജടി, ധത്തൂരപുഷ്പപ്രിയനേ, നിനക്കു പ്രണാമം.

Word by Word

• दोषाकर: O repository of faults (epithet)
• दोषाकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष-आकर (प्रातिपदिक; दोष + आकर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; ‘दोषाणाम् आकरः’ (दोष-समूह/आश्रय इति)

• कलाधार: O bearer of the digit (moon)
• कलाधार: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला-धार (प्रातिपदिक; कला + धार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘कलां धारयति’

• त्यक्तदोषागमाय: to the one for whom the coming of faults is abandoned/ceased
• त्यक्तदोषागमाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यक्त-दोष-आगम (प्रातिपदिक; त्यक्त + दोष + आगम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; ‘त्यक्त’ = √त्यज् + क्त; ‘दोषागम’ = दोषस्य आगमः (आगमनम्)

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

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

• धूर्जटये: to Dhūrjaṭi (Shiva)
• धूर्जटये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूर्जटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; शिवनाम

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

• धत्तूरकुसुमप्रिय: O one fond of dhattūra flowers
• धत्तूरकुसुमप्रिय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धत्तूर-कुसुम-प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; धत्तूर + कुसुम + प्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘धत्तूरकुसुमं प्रियं यस्य’

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Viśveśvara sphere)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience / devotees

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhūrjaṭi with matted locks, ash-smeared body, serene face; a garland of dhattūra blossoms offered by devotees; behind Him, subtle symbols of kalā—musical instruments, yantras, and rays—showing Him as kalādhāra.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Dhūrjaṭi)
• Dhattūra (Datura flower)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva transcends impurity; even what seems ‘inauspicious’ becomes sanctified in His worship, revealing His power to transform perception and karma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Śaiva worship-context is implied; the verse highlights devotional offering culture rather than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implicit worship detail appears: dhattūra flowers are indicated as beloved offerings to Śiva.