Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा केदारशिखरं पीत्वा तत्रत्यमंबु च । सप्तजन्मकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā kedāraśikharaṃ pītvā tatratyamaṃbu ca | saptajanmakṛtātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

കേദാരശിഖരം ദർശിച്ച് അവിടത്തെ ജലം പാനം ചെയ്താൽ, ഏഴ് ജന്മങ്ങളിൽ ചെയ്ത പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• केदारशिखरम्: Kedāra’s peak
• केदारशिखरम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार + शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (केदारस्य शिखरम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √पा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• तत्रत्य: there (belonging to that place)
• तत्रत्य: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय) + त्य (तद्धित) → तत्रत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तद्धितान्त-विशेषण (place-derived adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अम्बु’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अम्बु: water
• अम्बु: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सप्तजन्मकृतात्: done over seven births
• सप्तजन्मकृतात्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + जन्म + कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सप्तजन्मसु कृतात्/सप्तजन्मनः कृतात्), भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग; ‘पापात्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: अपादान (Source: from which freed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: देशाधिकरण (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-śikhara

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before the towering Kedāra peak, hands folded; he sips crystal water from a cupped palm as light breaks through clouds, suggesting seven-life sins dissolving like mist.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra
• Kedāra-śikhara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Direct encounter with a sacred landscape (darśana) and reverent use of tīrtha-water are powerful means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra, especially the Kedāra-śikhara and its local sacred waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of the Kedāra peak and drinking the local tīrtha-water.