Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

येर्चयिष्यंति सततमरुणादित्यसंज्ञकम् । मामत्र तेषां नो दुःखं न दारिद्र्यं न पातकम्

Transliteration

yercayiṣyaṃti satatamaruṇādityasaṃjñakam | māmatra teṣāṃ no duḥkhaṃ na dāridryaṃ na pātakam

Translation

Те, кто непрестанно почитает меня здесь, именуемого Арунадитьей, — для них не будет ни скорби, ни бедности, ни греха.

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्धि-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• सततम्: always
• सततम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• अरुणादित्यसंज्ञकम्: named ‘Aruṇāditya’
• अरुणादित्यसंज्ञकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरुण + आदित्य + संज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying the object of worship)

• मा: not
• मा: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (prohibitive/negative particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्ध (possessive)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• न: nor
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)

• दारिद्र्यम्: poverty
• दारिद्र्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• न: nor
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Arka (Sūrya) (context continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇāditya (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kāśī shrine at dawn: Aruṇāditya as a radiant solar presence, devotees offering flowers and arghya; the promise of freedom from sorrow, poverty, and sin is implied through serene faces and auspicious light.

Characters & Entities

• Aruṇāditya (Sūrya)
• Vārāṇasī (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion to the deity at a sacred place yields both worldly well-being (freedom from poverty and sorrow) and moral purification (freedom from sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Aruṇāditya worship-site in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Satatārcana—regular/continuous worship (arcana) of Aruṇāditya at that place.