Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तुषाराद्रिं समारुह्य केदारं वीक्ष्य यत्फलम् । तत्फलं सप्तगुणितं काश्यां केदारदर्शने

Transliteration

tuṣārādriṃ samāruhya kedāraṃ vīkṣya yatphalam | tatphalaṃ saptaguṇitaṃ kāśyāṃ kedāradarśane

Translation

മഞ്ഞുമല കയറി കേദാരദർശനത്തിൽ ലഭിക്കുന്ന പുണ്യം ഏതോ, കാശിയിൽ കേദാരദർശനത്തിൽ അതേ പുണ്യം ഏഴിരട്ടിയായി ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• तुषाराद्रिम्: the snowy mountain (Tuṣāra mountain)
• तुषाराद्रिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुषार (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (तुषारः अद्रिः / तुषारयुक्तः अद्रिः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• समारुह्य: having climbed
• समारुह्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + रुह् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); 'having ascended'

• केदारम्: Kedāra
• केदारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• वीक्ष्य: having seen
• वीक्ष्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); 'having seen'

• यत्: whatever/which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशक (demonstrative)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सप्तगुणितम्: multiplied sevenfold
• सप्तगुणितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + गुणित (गुण्/गण्?; √गुण्/√गण् in sense 'multiply' as कृदन्त)
• Form: द्विगु/तत्पुरुष-समास: सप्तगुणैः गुणितम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (of फलम्)

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• केदारदर्शने: at the sight/visitation of Kedāra
• केदारदर्शने: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: केदारस्य दर्शनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative of occasion)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa default narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (in Kāśī) / Kedāreśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/pilgrims)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-vision tableau: pilgrims climbing snowy Kedāra peaks on one side; on the other, Kāśī’s riverside shrine of Kedāra where the same (and greater) merit is promised through darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Tuṣārādri (Himālaya)
• Kedāra
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī concentrates pilgrimage merit: what is difficult to obtain through Himalayan ascent is granted more abundantly through sacred presence in Avimukta.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, specifically the Kedāra-darśana within Kāśī’s sacred landscape (often identified with Kāśī Kedār).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (devotional viewing) of Kedāra is presented as the key practice; no additional rite is specified.