Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

लोलार्ककरनिष्टप्ता असिधार विखंडिताः । काश्यां दक्षिणदिग्भागे न विशेयुर्महामलाः

Transliteration

lolārkakaraniṣṭaptā asidhāra vikhaṃḍitāḥ | kāśyāṃ dakṣiṇadigbhāge na viśeyurmahāmalāḥ

Translation

लोलार्काच्या किरणांनी दग्ध आणि तलवारीच्या धारांनी खंडित झालेले ते महा-मलिन काशीच्या दक्षिण दिग्भागात प्रवेश करू नयेत।

Word by Word

• लोलार्ककरनिष्टप्ताः: scorched by the rays of the fierce sun
• लोलार्ककरनिष्टप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोल-अर्क-कर-निष्टप्त (प्रातिपदिक; लोल + अर्क + कर + निष्टप्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying ‘महामलाः’)

• असिधार: a sword’s edge
• असिधार: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असिधार (प्रातिपदिक; असि + धार)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular) (उपमान/हेतुभावेन)

• विखण्डिताः: cut to pieces, mangled
• विखण्डिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√खण्ड् (धातु; खण्डँ—छेदने) से निष्पन्न ‘विखण्डित’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• दक्षिणदिग्भागे: in the southern quarter/part
• दक्षिणदिग्भागे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण-दिक्-भाग (प्रातिपदिक; दक्षिण + दिक् + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• विशेयुः: could enter
• विशेयुः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√शि (धातु; शिञ्—गत्यर्थ/प्रवेशने)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• महामलाः: greatly impure ones, very sinful people
• महामलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामल (प्रातिपदिक; महा + मल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lolārka (associated precinct in southern Kāśī)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni/audience (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic protective vision at Kāśī’s southern approach: blazing solar rays from Lolārka scorch approaching impure figures, while guardian-like sword-edges symbolically bar entry; purified pilgrims proceed calmly toward a kuṇḍa/ghāṭa.

Characters & Entities

• Lolārka
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is protected by fierce sanctity; impurity and grave sin are depicted as unable to trespass where the tīrtha’s power prevails.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lolārka (a solar tīrtha) and the southern sacred sector of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it asserts a boundary of sanctity—purity and fitness are implied prerequisites for entry.