Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

यद्यज्जन्मकृतं पापं मया सप्तसु जन्मसु । तन्मे रोगं च शोकं च माकरी हंतु सप्तमी

Transliteration

yadyajjanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ mayā saptasu janmasu | tanme rogaṃ ca śokaṃ ca mākarī haṃtu saptamī

Translation

माझ्या सात जन्मांत जे जे पाप झाले आहे, ते तसेच माझे रोग व शोकही माकरी सप्तमी नष्ट करो।

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (यद्यत् = whatever, whatsoever)

• जन्मकृतम्: done in (a) birth
• जन्मकृतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; ‘जन्मना कृतम्’ (in/at birth done)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सप्तसु: in seven
• सप्तसु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• जन्मसु: births
• जन्मसु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• मे: for me / of me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/Genitive or 4th/Dative), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• रोगम्: disease
• रोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शोकम्: grief
• शोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• माकरी: Mākarī (goddess)
• माकरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माकरी (प्रातिपदिक; देवीनाम/विशेष-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे अपि प्रयोगः (invoked as deity)

• हन्तु: may (she) destroy
• हन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सप्तमी: (on) the Saptamī (7th day)
• सप्तमी: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक; तिथिनाम/विशेष-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सप्तमी’ (the seventh lunar day)

Speaker

Unspecified (mantra/prayer formula in context of Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Keśavāditya (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at dawn on Mākarī Saptamī, hands folded, praying for the destruction of seven-birth sins and relief from disease and sorrow; Gaṅgā ghāṭa atmosphere with rising sun symbolism.

Characters & Entities

• Mākarī Saptamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Atonement is sought through a sacred observance: sincere prayer linked to a holy day can destroy accumulated sin and its painful results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa tradition, situating the practice within the sacred framework of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Invocation of Mākarī Saptamī as a purifying vow/day, implying japa and associated bath as developed in the surrounding verses.