Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

केदारभक्तं संपूज्य वासोन्नद्रविणादिभिः । आजन्मजनितं पापं त्यक्त्वा याति ममालयम्

Transliteration

kedārabhaktaṃ saṃpūjya vāsonnadraviṇādibhiḥ | ājanmajanitaṃ pāpaṃ tyaktvā yāti mamālayam

Translation

വസ്ത്രം, അന്നം, ധനം മുതലായവ നൽകി കേദാരഭക്തനെ യഥാവിധി ആദരിച്ചു പൂജിച്ചാൽ, ജന്മം മുതൽ സഞ്ചിതമായ പാപം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് അവൻ എന്റെ ധാമത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• केदारभक्तम्: a devotee of Kedāra
• केदारभक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—केदारस्य भक्तः

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव), ‘संपूज्य’ = having duly worshipped/honoured

• वासः: clothes, garment
• वासः: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग)

• अन्न: food
• अन्न: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग)

• द्रविण: wealth, money
• द्रविण: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण पूर्वपद (समासाङ्ग)

• आदिभिः: with etc. (and other items)
• आदिभिः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ = etc., and the like

• आजन्मजनितम्: produced from birth, accumulated since birth
• आजन्मजनितम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + जन्म + जनित (प्रातिपदिक; जनि/जन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘आजन्म’ (from birth) इति अव्ययीभावपूर्वपद + जनित

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव), ‘त्यक्त्वा’ = having abandoned

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आलयम्: abode
• आलयम्: Karma (Goal/गन्तव्य-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra devotion in Kāśī (via bhakta-pūjā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/householders in Kāśī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder in Kāśī respectfully offers cloth, food, and coins to a Kedāra devotee (with tripuṇḍra/rudrākṣa), while a Śiva-liṅga or Śiva’s presence is subtly shown blessing them; the giver’s burden of sin is symbolically lifted.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra
• Kedāra-bhakta (devotee)
• My abode (Śiva’s realm implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service and generosity toward Śiva’s devotees is a powerful purifier and leads toward liberation/Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāreśvara devotion as centered in Kāśī’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Honoring Kedāra-devotees with dāna—clothes, food, wealth, and similar offerings.