Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

पापिनां यानि पापानि महोपपदभांज्यपि । सुलीनध्यानसंपन्नो नामोच्चारो हरेर्हरेत्

Transliteration

pāpināṃ yāni pāpāni mahopapadabhāṃjyapi | sulīnadhyānasaṃpanno nāmoccāro harerharet

Translation

ਪਾਪੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਜੋ ਵੀ ਪਾਪ ਹਨ—ਭਾਵੇਂ ਵੱਡੇ ਪਤਨ ਵੱਲ ਖਿੱਚਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਹੀ ਕਿਉਂ ਨਾ ਹੋਣ—ਅਟੱਲ, ਲੀਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜਿਆ ਹਰੀ ਦਾ ਨਾਮ-ਉਚਾਰਣ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਹਰ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• पापिनाम्: of sinners
• पापिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक/यत्-शब्दः

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन

• महा-उपपद-भाञ्जि: even those that break great restraints/conditions
• महा-उपपद-भाञ्जि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + उपपद (प्रातिपदिक) + भाञ्जिन्/भाञ्जि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (पापानि इति); तत्पुरुषसमासः (महदुपपदं भञ्जन्ति इति)

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

• सु-लीन-ध्यान-सम्पन्नः: endowed with deeply absorbed meditation
• सु-लीन-ध्यान-सम्पन्नः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय-उपसर्ग/उपपद) + लीन (कृदन्त, क्त; √ली) + ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्पन्न (कृदन्त, क्त; √पद्/√पद्+सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नमोच्चारः इति); समासः (ध्यानसम्पन्नः, सुलीनः)

• नाम-उच्चारः: utterance of the Name
• नाम-उच्चारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + उच्चार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नाम्नः उच्चारः)

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• हरेत्: should remove
• हरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hari-nāma (as nāma-tīrtha within Kāśī teaching)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee chants ‘Hari’ with rosary, eyes half-closed; dark smoke-like forms symbolizing sins dissolve into light as meditation deepens.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hari’s Name, especially when supported by absorbed meditation, is declared to be a potent purifier that destroys even grave sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse emphasizes nāma and dhyāna; the tirtha-glory is contextual to Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāmoccāraṇa (chanting/uttering Hari’s Name) together with steady dhyāna (meditative absorption).