Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

खखोल्को नाम भगवानादित्य परिकीर्तितः । त्रिविष्टपोत्तरे भागे सर्वव्याधिविघातकृत्

Transliteration

khakholko nāma bhagavānāditya parikīrtitaḥ | triviṣṭapottare bhāge sarvavyādhivighātakṛt

Translation

ககோல்கன் என்னும் நாமத்தால் ஒரு பகவான் ஆதித்யன் புகழ்பெற்றவன்; திரிவிஷ்டபத்தின் வடபகுதியில் அவன் எல்லா நோய்களையும் அழிப்பவன்.

Word by Word

• khakholkaḥ: Khakholka (name)
• khakholkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khakholka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नामविशेषः

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Apposition marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (indeclinable used to indicate ‘by name’)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ādityaḥ: Āditya (Sun-deity)
• ādityaḥ: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• parikīrtitaḥ: is proclaimed
• parikīrtitaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari√kīrt (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘is proclaimed/celebrated’

• triviṣṭapa-uttare: in the northern (region) of heaven
• triviṣṭapa-uttare: Adhikarana (Locus qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: triviṣṭapa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘in the northern (part) of heaven (triviṣṭapa)’, विशेषणम् (bhāge)

• bhāge: in the region/part
• bhāge: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• sarva-vyādhi-vighāta-kṛt: destroyer of all diseases
• sarva-vyādhi-vighāta-kṛt: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vighāta (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛt (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘one who causes the destruction of all diseases’, विशेषणम् (khakholkaḥ/ādityaḥ)

Speaker

Skanda (continuing from 50.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Khakholka Āditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small shrine of Khakholka Āditya in Kāśī’s northern quarter; pilgrims approach with offerings; a sick devotee is shown recovering under the deity’s rays.

Characters & Entities

• Khakholkāditya
• Āditya
• Triviṣṭapa (sector/locale name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Specific divine stations in Kāśī are portrayed as therapeutic and purifying, linking sacred place to bodily and spiritual well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Khakholkāditya in the northern Triviṣṭapa sector within the Vārāṇasī/Kāśī sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

While not spelled out, the implied prescription is darśana and worship of Khakholkāditya for relief from diseases.