Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

पापानि विलयं यांति पुण्यराशिश्च लभ्यते । अपि वंध्या प्रसूयेत कृत्वैतन्मंगलाव्रतम्

Transliteration

pāpāni vilayaṃ yāṃti puṇyarāśiśca labhyate | api vaṃdhyā prasūyeta kṛtvaitanmaṃgalāvratam

Translation

ପାପଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଲୟ ପାଉଛି ଓ ପୁଣ୍ୟରାଶି ଲଭ୍ୟ ହୁଏ। ଏହି ମଙ୍ଗଳା-ବ୍ରତ କଲେ ବନ୍ଧ୍ୟା ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ ମଧ୍ୟ ସନ୍ତାନ ପ୍ରସବ କରିପାରେ।

Word by Word

• pāpāni: sins
• pāpāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; subject of yānti

• vilayam: to dissolution
• vilayam: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; goal/state reached (to dissolution)

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘go’

• puṇya-rāśiḥ: a store of merit
• puṇya-rāśiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya + rāśi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—पुण्यस्य राशिः (heap/collection of merit); subject of labhyate

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (and)

• labhyate: is obtained
• labhyate: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘is obtained’ (passive/middle sense)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (even/also)

• vaṃdhyā: a barren woman
• vaṃdhyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; subject of prasūyeta

• prasūyeta: may give birth
• prasūyeta: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√sū (प्र + सू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (potential/optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘may give birth’

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having done/performed’

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; demonstrative adjective qualifying maṃgalāvratam

• maṃgala-vratam: the Maṅgala vow (auspicious observance)
• maṃgala-vratam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃgala + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः—मङ्गलस्य व्रतम् (auspicious vow); object of kṛtvā

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṅgalā-vrata (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee couple completes the Maṅgalā-vrata; a symbolic vision shows sins dissolving like darkness before dawn, while a blessing of childbirth is suggested through a cradle, lotus, or maternal figure receiving divine grace from Maṅgaleśvara/Maṅgalā.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgalā-vrata (Maṅgalāgaurī)
• pāpa-kṣaya
• puṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere vrata-observance is described as both purifying (destroying sin) and life-supporting (granting blessings and merit).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is delivered within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred context, where Kāśī-associated worship is celebrated for swift spiritual efficacy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing the Maṅgalā-vrata (Maṅgalāgaurī vow); the verse focuses on its results.