Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

पर्वस्वपर्वस्वपि वा नित्यं नियमवं त्यहो । निर्मलानि भवंत्येव विगाह्य मणिकर्णिकाम्

Transliteration

parvasvaparvasvapi vā nityaṃ niyamavaṃ tyaho | nirmalāni bhavaṃtyeva vigāhya maṇikarṇikām

Translation

จะเป็นวันเทศกาลหรือวันธรรมดาก็ตาม ผู้ดำรงตนด้วยวินัยประจำวัน ย่อมบริสุทธิ์แน่นอน เพียงดำดิ่งลงในมณิกรรณิกา

Word by Word

• पर्वसु: on festival days
• पर्वसु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Case 7), बहुवचन

• अपर्वसु: on non-festival days
• अपर्वसु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Case 7), बहुवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गपूर्वक (अ + पर्व)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• नियमवत्: with observance (disciplinedly)
• नियमवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे/क्रियाविशेषणवत् प्रयोगः; मूलतः पुंलिङ्ग-प्रथमा एकवचन रूपम्, अत्र क्रियाविशेषण (with discipline)

• त्यः: he
• त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहो: indeed/ah!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयार्थक निपात (exclamatory particle)

• निर्मलानि: pure/cleansed
• निर्मलानि: Karta-predicative (Predicate adjective/विशेष्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (अन्तर्निहितं ‘पापानि/किल्बिषाणि’)

• भवन्ति: become
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• एव: certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• विगाह्य: having bathed/immersed
• विगाह्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + गाह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• मणिकर्णिकाम्: Maṇikarṇikā (sacred place)
• मणिकर्णिकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिकर्णिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Maṇikarṇikā’s steps, a disciplined householder and ascetic alike immerse at dawn-to-noon cycles; festival banners appear in one corner, but the main emphasis is everyday practice—simple cloth, calm faces, steady routine.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇikarṇikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is accessible not only on special holy days but also through steady discipline and sincere tīrtha practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vigāha (ritual immersion/bathing) in Maṇikarṇikā, supported by niyama (regular observance/discipline), regardless of whether it is a festival day.