Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

उदीच्यां भारभूतेशादाषाढीशं समर्चयन् । आषाढ्यां पंचदश्यां वै न पापैः परितप्यते

Transliteration

udīcyāṃ bhārabhūteśādāṣāḍhīśaṃ samarcayan | āṣāḍhyāṃ paṃcadaśyāṃ vai na pāpaiḥ paritapyate

Translation

ഉത്തരദിക്കിൽ ഭാരഭൂതേശനിൽ നിന്നാരംഭിച്ച് ആഷാഢീശനെ സമർച്ചിക്കുന്നവൻ, ആഷാഢമാസത്തിലെ പൗർണ്ണമിദിനത്തിൽ പാപങ്ങളാൽ പീഡിതനാകുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• उदीच्याम्: in the northern direction/region
• उदीच्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदीची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• भारभूतेशात्: from Bhārabhūteśa
• भारभूतेशात्: Apadana (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारभूतेश (प्रातिपदिक: भार + भूतेश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भारस्य भूतेशः)

• आषाढीशम्: Āṣāḍhīśa (lord of Āṣāḍhā)
• आषाढीशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढीश (प्रातिपदिक: आषाढी + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभाव: आषाढ्याः ईशः)

• समर्चयन्: worshipping
• समर्चयन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (कर्तरि)

• आषाढ्याम्: in (the month/star) Āṣāḍhā
• आषाढ्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• पञ्चदश्याम्: on the fifteenth (tithi)
• पञ्चदश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• पापैः: by sins
• पापैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• परितप्यते: is afflicted/tormented
• परितप्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + तप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Skanda (contextual attribution within Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āṣāḍhīśa (within Kāśī; north-quarter circuit beginning at Bhārabhūteśa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni (sage interlocutor, typical of Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in white, carrying a small water-pot and bilva leaves, walks the narrow lanes of northern Kāśī from Bhārabhūteśa toward the Āṣāḍhīśa shrine on Āṣāḍha śukla pañcadaśī; lamps glow, bells ring, and the liṅga is bathed and garlanded.

Characters & Entities

• Āṣāḍhīśa
• Bhārabhūteśa
• Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship of Śiva in Kāśī at the prescribed sacred time removes the torment of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), specifically the circuit beginning from Bhārabhūteśa and the worship of Āṣāḍhīśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (arcana) of Āṣāḍhīśa on the fifteenth tithi of the month Āṣāḍha, commencing from Bhārabhūteśa in the northern quarter.