Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

आदित्यकेशवः पूज्य आदिकेशव पूर्वतः । तस्य संदर्शनादेव मुच्यते चोच्चपातकैः

Transliteration

ādityakeśavaḥ pūjya ādikeśava pūrvataḥ | tasya saṃdarśanādeva mucyate coccapātakaiḥ

Translation

आदिकेशवस्य पूर्वदिशि स्थित आदित्यकेशवः पूज्यः। तस्य संदर्शनमात्रेणापि नरः घोरैः पातकैः प्रमुच्यते॥

Word by Word

• आदित्यकेशवः: Āditya-Keśava
• आदित्यकेशवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य + केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (आदित्यरूपः केशवः / ‘Āditya-Keśava’)

• पूज्यः: worthy of worship
• पूज्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज्)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (यत्) कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘to be worshipped’

• आदिकेशव: O Ādi-Keśava
• आदिकेशव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि + केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘Primeval Keśava’); संबोधनरूपेण

• पूर्वतः: to the east / in front
• पूर्वतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (to the east / in front)

• तस्य: of him/that (deity)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• संदर्शनात्: from the sight (of him)
• संदर्शनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ‘from (the) seeing’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (indeed, just)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (is released)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• उच्चपातकैः: from great sins
• उच्चपातकैः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्च + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (पातक), तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (उच्चानि पातकानि)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āditya-Keśava

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kāśī-māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sunlit Viṣṇu shrine with Āditya motifs—golden aura, lotus, arghya vessel; pilgrims stand in reverent silence; the eastern direction is emphasized by rising sun rays striking the deity’s doorway.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya-Keśava
• Ādi-Keśava
• darśana
• mahāpātaka (heinous sin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kāśī, even simple acts like darśana of a revered form of Viṣṇu are said to carry immense purifying power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine/placement of Āditya-Keśava, located east of Ādi-Keśava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) and especially darśana (sacred sight) are emphasized as spiritually efficacious.