Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । अगस्त्यस्य पुरः सूत कथयित्वा कथामिमाम् । सर्वपापप्रशमनीं पुनः स्कंद उवाच ह

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | agastyasya puraḥ sūta kathayitvā kathāmimām | sarvapāpapraśamanīṃ punaḥ skaṃda uvāca ha

Translation

วยาสกล่าวว่า: โอ้ สูตะ ครั้นเมื่อท่านเล่าเรื่องนี้ต่อหน้าอคัสตยะ—เรื่องที่ระงับบาปทั้งปวง—แล้ว สกันทะก็กล่าวขึ้นอีกครั้ง

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — Nominative singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्ण), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd sg: ‘said’

• अगस्त्यस्य: of Agastya
• अगस्त्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन — Genitive singular (of Agastya)

• पुरः: in the presence of
• पुरः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गार्थक/देशवाचक), ‘in front of’ (governs genitive)

• सूत: O Sūta
• सूत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन — Vocative singular

• कथयित्वा: having narrated
• कथयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having narrated’

• कथाम्: the story
• कथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्म — Accusative singular

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (कथाम्) — Accusative singular (‘this’)

• सर्वपापप्रशमनीम्: that which pacifies all sins
• सर्वपापप्रशमनीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-प्रशमनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वाणि पापानि) + (पापानां प्रशमनम्) → प्रशमनी ‘pacifying’; विशेषण (कथाम्) — Accusative singular

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण: ‘again’

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — Nominative singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd sg: ‘said’

• ह: indeed/then
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), कथन-समाप्ति/अनुस्मारक (emphatic/quotative)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-assembly: Vyāsa addressing Sūta; Agastya seated prominently; the atmosphere is that of a sacred recitation hall where the story’s very telling is said to pacify sins; Skanda prepares to speak again.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Agastya
• Sūta
• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and transmitting the Kāśī-related sacred narrative is itself portrayed as sin-pacifying, emphasizing śravaṇa-kathā as dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a specific site in this verse; it functions as a transition within the Kāśī-māhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it highlights kathā-śravaṇa/kathana (hearing and narration) as spiritually purifying.