Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

पिशाचमोचनं तीर्थमद्यारभ्य समाख्यया । अन्येषामपि पैशाच्यमिदं स्नानाद्धरिष्यति

Transliteration

piśācamocanaṃ tīrthamadyārabhya samākhyayā | anyeṣāmapi paiśācyamidaṃ snānāddhariṣyati

Translation

ഇന്നുമുതൽ ഇത് ‘പിശാചമോചന തീർത്ഥം’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമാകും; ഇവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെയും പിശാചാവസ്ഥ നീങ്ങും।

Word by Word

• पिशाचमोचनम्: (the) piśāca-liberating
• पिशाचमोचनम्: Karta/Viseshana (विशेषण; तीर्थस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच + मोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: पिशाचस्य मोचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (अत्र ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford
• तीर्थम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अद्य: today / from now
• अद्य: Sambandha (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (today/now)

• आरभ्य: beginning from
• आरभ्य: Sambandha (अवधि-आरम्भ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), आरम्भार्थक (beginning from)

• समाख्यया: by the name / by designation
• समाख्यया: Karana (करण/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; ‘of others’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

• पैशाच्यम्: piśāca-state
• पैशाच्यम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पैशाच्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्नानात्: from bathing
• स्नानात्: Hetu (हेतु/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• हरिष्यति: will remove
• हरिष्यति: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piśācamocana Tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages or divine witnesses proclaim the name ‘Piśācamocana Tīrtha’ over the shining pond; pilgrims approach for bathing, confident of release from piśāca-affliction.

Characters & Entities

• Piśācamocana-tīrtha
• Piśāca

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are living dharma: their power is memorialized in a name, and their grace extends to all who perform the rite with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Piśācamocana-tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Piśācamocana-tīrtha to remove piśāca-affliction.