Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

विधूय सर्व पापानि ज्ञात्वाऽज्ञात्वा कृतान्यपि । हंसवर्णेन यानेन गच्छेच्छिवपुरं ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

vidhūya sarva pāpāni jñātvā'jñātvā kṛtānyapi | haṃsavarṇena yānena gacchecchivapuraṃ dhruvam

Translation

जाणून-अजाणून केलेलीही सर्व पापे झटकून टाकून, हंसवर्ण दिव्य यानाने तो निश्चयाने शिवपुरास जातो।

Word by Word

• विधूय: having shaken off/removed
• विधूय: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-धू (धातु) → विधूय (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): having shaken off

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; पापानि इति विशेषण

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• ज्ञात्वा: having known (consciously)
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): having known

• अज्ञात्वा: unknowingly
• अज्ञात्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ- + ज्ञा (धातु) → अज्ञात्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): without knowing/unknowingly

• कृतानि: committed/done
• कृतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; पापानि इत्यस्य विशेषण (done/committed)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even/also)

• हंसवर्णेन: with swan-like color/white
• हंसवर्णेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हंस (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (haṃsasya varṇaḥ)

• यानेन: by/with a vehicle
• यानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिवपुरम्: Śiva’s city/abode
• शिवपुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śivasya puram)

• ध्रुवम्: certainly/surely
• ध्रुवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverbial use: certainly)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta/Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims as intended audience of phala-śruti

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A purified pilgrim, radiant and calm, rises toward Śiva’s city on a swan-white celestial vimāna; below, the sacred city’s ghāṭas and temples fade into a luminous horizon; the mood is serene certainty of liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-pura (Śiva’s abode)
• Pāpa (sin)
• Haṃsa-varṇa-yāna (celestial vehicle)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can cleanse even unintended wrongdoing, and the purified soul attains Śiva’s realm with certainty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied liberating kṣetra in this adhyāya, whose merit culminates in reaching Śiva’s abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it emphasizes the result—complete pāpa-kṣaya and ascent to Śiva-pura.