Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

क्षेत्रेत्र सिद्धिदे प्राप्तश्चंडीशो मरुजांगलात् । प्रचंडपापसंघातं खंडयेच्छतधेक्षणात्

Transliteration

kṣetretra siddhide prāptaścaṃḍīśo marujāṃgalāt | pracaṃḍapāpasaṃghātaṃ khaṃḍayecchatadhekṣaṇāt

Translation

ในกษेत्रศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้เอง จัณฑีศะเสด็จมาจากมรุชางคละ; เพียงได้เห็นก็ทำให้กองบาปอันร้ายแรงแตกสลายเป็นเสี่ยงๆ

Word by Word

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• सिद्धिदे: in Siddhide (place/holy spot)
• सिद्धिदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धिद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; स्थान/देवता-नाम (in Siddhide)

• प्राप्तः: has arrived
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—भूतकृत् (क्त/PPP) ‘प्राप्त’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे ‘has arrived’

• चण्डीशः: Caṇḍīśa
• चण्डीशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; देवता-नाम

• मरुजाङ्गलात्: from Marujāṅgala
• मरुजाङ्गलात्: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुजाङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• प्रचण्डपापसंघातम्: a mass of very fierce sins
• प्रचण्डपापसंघातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रचण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + संघात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—प्रचण्डानां पापानां संघातः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• खण्डयेत्: would shatter/destroy
• खण्डयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √खण्ड् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शतधेक्षणात्: by (his) hundredfold glance
• शतधेक्षणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतधा (अव्यय) + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; समासः—शतधा ईक्षणम् (अव्ययीभाव)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya; vocative suggests addressing Agastya as ‘siddhi-de’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍīśa-darśana in the kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Caṇḍīśa appears—fierce yet auspicious—at the kṣetra; pilgrims behold him; masses of dark sin-forms crack like stone under his gaze; the background suggests Kāśī’s sacred lanes and a protective aura around the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍīśa
• Marujāṅgala
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Kṣetra (sacred field)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s sanctity is amplified through its divine presences: even seeing a revered Śaiva figure like Caṇḍīśa is said to annihilate grave sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Kāśī kṣetra being praised in this adhyāya (Rudrasthalī/Kṛttivāsa context), associated with Caṇḍīśa’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (sacred sight) is implied as the effective devotional act leading to pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sins).