Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मांडोदरवर्तीनि यानि तीर्थानि सर्वतः । ऊर्जे यत्र समायांति स्वाघौघ परिनुत्तये

Transliteration

brahmāṃḍodaravartīni yāni tīrthāni sarvataḥ | ūrje yatra samāyāṃti svāghaugha parinuttaye

Translation

ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡത്തിന്റെ വ്യാപ്തിയിലുടനീളം എവിടെയെല്ലാം തീർത്ഥങ്ങളുണ്ടോ, അവയെല്ലാം ഊർജ (കാർത്തിക) മാസത്തിൽ അവിടെ ഒന്നിച്ചുകൂടുന്നു—തങ്ങളുടെ സഞ്ചിത പാപസമൂഹം നീക്കുന്നതിനായി.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्माण्डोदरवर्तीनि: situated within the Brahmāṇḍa (cosmic sphere)
• ब्रह्माण्डोदरवर्तीनि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + उदर (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: ब्रह्माण्डस्य उदरे वर्तीनि (existing within the cosmic egg)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• तीर्थानि: sacred places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• सर्वतः: from everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सर्वदिक्/सर्वप्रकारवाचक (from all sides / everywhere)

• ऊर्जे: for strength/vitality
• ऊर्जे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान (dative)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक सम्बन्ध (where)

• समायान्ति: come together / assemble
• समायान्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वाघौघपरिनुत्तये: for the removal of one’s heap of sins
• स्वाघौघपरिनुत्तये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अघ (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक) + परि+नुद् (धातु) → परिनुत्ति (प्रातिपदिक/भाव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: स्वस्य अघस्य ओघस्य परिनुत्तिः (removal of one’s mass of sins)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcanada (as tīrtha-sammelana-sthāna)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau: tīrthas from across the cosmos appear as radiant sages and river-deities traveling through the sky to Kāśī, descending upon Pañcanada in the Ūrja month, washing away dark ‘sin-clouds’.

Characters & Entities

• Ūrja (Kārtika)
• Pañcanada Tīrtha (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kārtika (Ūrja) magnifies tīrtha-power: it is portrayed as a time when sacred forces converge for purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The site ‘where all tīrthas assemble’—understood from context as Pañcanada and its Kāśī tīrtha-zone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance in Ūrja (Kārtika) is implied, especially tīrtha-sevā centered on bathing/purification.