Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

यज्ञवाराह तीर्थं च तदग्रे पापनाशनम् । प्रतिमज्जनतस्तत्र राजसूय क्रतोः फलम्

Transliteration

yajñavārāha tīrthaṃ ca tadagre pāpanāśanam | pratimajjanatastatra rājasūya kratoḥ phalam

Translation

तदग्रे पापनाशनं यज्ञवाराहतीर्थं च विद्यते। तत्र प्रतिमज्जनतः राजसूयक्रतोः फलं लभेत्॥

Word by Word

• यज्ञवाराहतीर्थम्: the Yajña-Vārāha sacred ford
• यज्ञवाराहतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-वाराह-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + वाराह + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• तदग्रे: in front of it
• तदग्रे: Adhikarana (Spatial relation/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्-अग्र (प्रातिपदिक; तद् + अग्र)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास, अव्यय (स्थानवाचक) — ‘in front of that’

• पापनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + नाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc. singular (used as qualifier)

• प्रतिमज्जनतः: by (the act of) repeated dipping/bathing
• प्रतिमज्जनतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति-मज्जन (प्रातिपदिक; प्रति + मज्जन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative singular; ‘from/through repeated immersion’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक) — adverb of place

• राजसूय: of the Rājasūya
• राजसूय: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive singular (in apposition with क्रतोः)

• क्रतोः: of the sacrifice
• क्रतोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive singular

• फलम्: the fruit (merit)
• फलम्: Karma/Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc. singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yajña-Vārāha-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred ghat with a Varāha emblem or shrine ahead; pilgrims repeatedly immerse in the water while priests hold lamps; above, a symbolic vision of a grand Rājasūya yajña appears as a luminous overlay, indicating equivalence of merit.

Characters & Entities

• Yajña-Vārāha-tīrtha
• Vārāha
• Rājasūya-yajña
• pāpanāśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s tīrthas can confer the merit of grand Vedic sacrifices through accessible acts like sacred immersion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Yajña-Vārāha-tīrtha, praised as pāpanāśana (sin-destroying).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prati-majjana—repeated immersions/bathing at the tīrtha.