Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

पिशाचमोचनं तीर्थं तदारभ्य महामुने । वाराणस्यां परां ख्यातिमगमत्सर्वपापहृत्

Transliteration

piśācamocanaṃ tīrthaṃ tadārabhya mahāmune | vārāṇasyāṃ parāṃ khyātimagamatsarvapāpahṛt

Translation

ஓ மஹாமுனியே! அந்நாளிலிருந்து வாராணசியில் எல்லாப் பாவங்களையும் போக்கும் பிசாசமோசன தீர்த்தம் பரமப் புகழை அடைந்தது।

Word by Word

• पिशाचमोचनम्: (the) Piśāca-release (place/name)
• पिशाचमोचनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक) + मोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; पूर्वपद-समनाधिकरण (apposition)

• तद्: then
• तद्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial ‘then/thereupon’ as first member of compound)

• आरभ्य: starting from that time
• आरभ्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + रभ् (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गपूर्वक-क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-निष्पन्न (gerundial indeclinable) अर्थः ‘आरम्भात्/प्रभृति’ (from then on)

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• वाराणस्याम्: in Vārāṇasī
• वाराणस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• पराम्: supreme/great
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ख्यातिम्: fame
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अगमत्: attained/went to
• अगमत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/लङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वपापहृत्: (that which is) remover of all sins
• सर्वपापहृत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + हृत् (कृदन्त from √हृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘यः सर्वपापानि हरति’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Piśācamocana Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A marked tīrtha spot on the riverbank with a small shrine and bathing steps; pilgrims perform snāna while priests recite; the atmosphere suggests cleansing as dark stains lift away, symbolizing sarva-pāpa-haraṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Piśācamocana Tīrtha
• Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places become renowned because they function as instruments of purification and grace for all.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Piśācamocana Tīrtha in Vārāṇasī (Kāśī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is detailed here; it proclaims the tīrtha’s sin-destroying power as its defining merit.