Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

विधूतपापा ये मर्त्याः परं ज्योतिःस्वरूपिणीम् । सहस्रसूर्यप्रतिमां गंगां पश्यंति ते भुवि

Transliteration

vidhūtapāpā ye martyāḥ paraṃ jyotiḥsvarūpiṇīm | sahasrasūryapratimāṃ gaṃgāṃ paśyaṃti te bhuvi

Translation

เหล่ามนุษย์ผู้สลัดบาปให้หลุดร่วงแล้ว ย่อมได้เห็นคงคาบนแผ่นดินนี้—ผู้มีสภาวะเป็นแสงอันสูงสุด สว่างไสวดุจพันดวงอาทิตย์

Word by Word

• विधूतपापाः: those whose sins are washed away
• विधूतपापाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + धूत (धू-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (विधूतानि पापानि येषां ते)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• मर्त्याः: mortals
• मर्त्याः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ज्योतिःस्वरूपिणीम्/गङ्गाम्)

• ज्योतिःस्वरूपिणीम्: having the nature of light
• ज्योतिःस्वरूपिणीम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गङ्गाम्); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ज्योतिषः स्वरूपिणी)

• सहस्रसूर्यप्रतिमाम्: like a thousand suns
• सहस्रसूर्यप्रतिमाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गङ्गाम्); तत्पुरुषः (सहस्र-सूर्याणां प्रतिमा इव)

• गङ्गाम्: the Ganga
• गङ्गाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्यन्ति: see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भूमि-सम्बद्ध)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṅgā at sunrise in Kāśī blazing with supernatural brilliance; purified pilgrims gaze in awe as the river appears as a column/field of light, ‘a thousand suns,’ while the city’s ghats silhouette against the radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity enables true perception: those freed from pāpa can behold Gaṅgā not merely as water, but as a manifestation of divine light.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gaṅgā in Kāśī, praised as jyotiḥ-svarūpiṇī—an embodiment of transcendent radiance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on darśana of Gaṅgā with purified disposition.