Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

विदारनरसिंहोहं काशीविघ्नविदारणः । तन्नाम्नि तीर्थे संसेव्यस्तीर्थोपद्रवशांतये

Transliteration

vidāranarasiṃhohaṃ kāśīvighnavidāraṇaḥ | tannāmni tīrthe saṃsevyastīrthopadravaśāṃtaye

Translation

เราคือ วิทารณะ-นรสิงห์ ผู้ทำลายอุปสรรคในกาศี ณท่าน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ที่มีนามเดียวกันนั้น พึงบูชาและนอบน้อมเรา เพื่อให้ความปั่นป่วนและเคราะห์ภัยอันเกี่ยวกับท่าน้ำสงบลง

Word by Word

• विदारनरसिंहः: (I am) Vidāraṇa-Narasiṃha (the tearing Narasiṃha)
• विदारनरसिंहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदारण + नरसिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (विदारणः नरसिंहः = the tearing Narasiṃha)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• काशीविघ्नविदारणः: the destroyer of obstacles in Kāśī
• काशीविघ्नविदारणः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी + विघ्न + विदारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (काश्याः विघ्न-विदारणः = remover/tearer of obstacles in Kāśī)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; (तस्य)

• नाम्नि: in the name (i.e., bearing that name)
• नाम्नि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• तीर्थे: in the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• संसेव्यः: to be frequented/served
• संसेव्यः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √सेव् (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (ya), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘to be resorted to/served’

• तीर्थोपद्रवशांतये: for the pacification of disturbances at the tīrtha
• तीर्थोपद्रवशांतये: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + उपद्रव + शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तीर्थ-उपद्रव-शान्ति = pacification of troubles at the tīrtha)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśī Khaṇḍa dialogues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vidāraṇa-Narasiṃha Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni addressed as ‘muṇe’ in the surrounding verses (dialogue frame continues)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic Narasiṃha icon at a Kāśī tīrtha—lion-faced, radiant mane, claws poised—yet blessing devotees; the river and ghāṭa behind, with dark clouds parting to symbolize obstacles being torn away and calm restored.

Characters & Entities

• Vidāraṇa-Narasiṃha
• Narasiṃha
• Kāśī
• Vighna
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s fierce protective form removes vighnas; devotion is presented as a dharmic means to restore auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vidāraṇa-Narasiṃha Tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sevā/samarcana at the named tīrtha for śānti—pacification of disturbances and obstacles.