Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

निष्पापो जायते मर्त्यः खट्वांगेश विलोकनात् । भुवनेशस्ततो याम्यां कुंडं च भुवनेश्वरम्

Transliteration

niṣpāpo jāyate martyaḥ khaṭvāṃgeśa vilokanāt | bhuvaneśastato yāmyāṃ kuṃḍaṃ ca bhuvaneśvaram

Translation

खट्वाङ्गेशस्य केवलदर्शनात् मर्त्यः निष्पापो जायते। ततः याम्यदिशि भुवनेशः, तथा भुवनेश्वरनामकं कुण्डं चास्ति।

Word by Word

• निष्पापः: sinless
• निष्पापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्पाप (प्रातिपदिक; निः+पाप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of मर्त्यः)

• जायते: is born / becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मर्त्यः: a mortal (man)
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• खट्वांगेश: O Lord Khaṭvāṅga
• खट्वांगेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खट्वाङ्ग-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; खट्वाङ्ग + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• विलोकनात्: from (the act of) seeing
• विलोकनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलोकन (प्रातिपदिक; √लोक् + वि, भाव-नाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause)

• भुवनेशः: Bhuvaneśa (a deity/linga-name)
• भुवनेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha/Adverbial (Context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—सम्बन्ध/क्रमसूचक (then/from there)

• याम्याम्: in the southern (direction)
• याम्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; दिक्-विशेषण (southern)

• कुण्डम्: a pond
• कुण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• भुवनेश्वरम्: Bhuvaneśvara (name)
• भुवनेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Khaṭvāṅgeśa; Bhuvaneśvara-kuṇḍa (associated with Bhuvaneśa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (traditional frame: sages/devotees)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kāśī pilgrim stands before the Khaṭvāṅgeśa liṅga; the city-lanes open southward toward a second liṅga (Bhuvaneśa) and a stepped pond labeled Bhuvaneśvara-kuṇḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Khaṭvāṅgeśa
• Bhuvaneśa
• Bhuvaneśvara Kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (sacred seeing) of Kāśī’s deities is itself a purifier, and the text guides pilgrims through a mapped sequence of shrines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Khaṭvāṅgeśa, along with Bhuvaneśa and the Bhuvaneśvara Kuṇḍa in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Khaṭvāṅgeśa is highlighted as efficacious; the verse also points to the next sites in the southern direction.