Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ततोपि मिलितागत्य किरणा रविणैधिता । यन्नामस्मरणादेव महामोहोंधतां व्रजेत्

Transliteration

tatopi militāgatya kiraṇā raviṇaidhitā | yannāmasmaraṇādeva mahāmohoṃdhatāṃ vrajet

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਉੱਥੇ ਕਿਰਣਾ ਵੀ ਆ ਕੇ ਮਿਲੀ, ਜੋ ਸੂਰਜ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਬਲ ਹੋਈ; ਜਿਸ ਦੇ ਨਾਮ-ਸਿਮਰਨ ਮਾਤ੍ਰ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਮਹਾ ਮੋਹ ਅੰਧਤਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਡਿੱਗ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਨਿਸ਼ਕ੍ਰਿਆ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter/from that
• ततः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

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

• मिलित: having joined/met
• मिलित: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिल् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वार्थे/ल्यप्-समासपूर्वपद (as first member in absolutive-compound); ‘having met’ sense

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• किरणाः: rays
• किरणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• रविणा: by the sun
• रविणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental singular)

• एधिताः: increased/strengthened
• एधिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative plural)

• यत्: whose/of which
• यत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun) (Neuter, Genitive singular)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc singular)

• स्मरणात्: from remembering
• स्मरणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन (Neuter, Ablative singular)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• महामोहः: great delusion
• महामोहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā-मोह (प्रातिपदिक; महा + मोह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• अन्धताम्: blindness
• अन्धताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative singular)

• व्रजेत्: would go/attain
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Optative, 3rd singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiraṇā (within Pañcanada confluence system)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright, sunlit stream named Kiraṇā merges into the confluence; rays descend from the Sun, and a pilgrim’s dark veil of confusion is shown dissolving into light.

Characters & Entities

• Kiraṇā
• Ravi (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nāma-smaraṇa (remembering the sacred name) is presented as a direct means of dispelling delusion, paralleling the Sun’s power to remove darkness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The growing confluence associated with Pañcanada in Kāśī, now including the stream named Kiraṇā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit japa/smaraṇa: remembrance of the tīrtha/river’s name is itself said to confer a purifying, delusion-destroying effect.