Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । एकदा तत्र यद्वृत्तं ज्येष्ठस्थाने महामुने । तदहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वाघविनाशनम्

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | ekadā tatra yadvṛttaṃ jyeṣṭhasthāne mahāmune | tadahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvāghavināśanam

Translation

สกันทะตรัสว่า: โอ้มหามุนี ข้าพเจ้าจักเล่าเหตุการณ์ครั้งหนึ่งที่เกิดขึ้น ณ ชเยษฐสถานแก่ท่าน จงฟังเถิด—เรื่องนี้ทำลายบาปได้

Word by Word

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• एकदा: once
• एकदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ekadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: once)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom/Acc), एकवचनम्

• वृत्तम्: happened event
• वृत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom/Acc), एकवचनम्

• ज्येष्ठस्थाने: in Jyeṣṭhasthāna
• ज्येष्ठस्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (महान् मुनिः)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (Dative/4th), एकवचनम्

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुषः (1st person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः प्र-

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुषः (2nd person), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• अघविनाशनम्: (that which is) the destroyer of sin
• अघविनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक) + vināśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अघस्य विनाशनम्)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jyeṣṭhasthāna

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahāmune (great sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda as narrator addressing a great sage in an āśrama-like setting, gesturing toward the sacred geography of Kāśī; the moment is the formal opening of a sin-destroying tale.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Jyeṣṭhasthāna
• Agastya (implied listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing sacred history (māhātmya-kathā) of Kāśī is itself a purifier and a dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jyeṣṭhasthāna in Kāśī, introduced as the setting for a sin-destroying episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) is implied as meritorious, described as āgha-vināśana (sin-destroying).