Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

आदित्यस्य कथामेतां द्रौपद्याराधितस्य वै । यः श्रोष्यति नरो भक्त्या तस्यैनः क्षयमेष्यति

Transliteration

ādityasya kathāmetāṃ draupadyārādhitasya vai | yaḥ śroṣyati naro bhaktyā tasyainaḥ kṣayameṣyati

Translation

“Sinumang tao na may debosyon na makikinig sa salaysay na ito tungkol kay Āditya na sinamba ni Draupadī—mapapawi at maglalaho ang kanyang mga kasalanan.”

Word by Word

• आदित्यस्य: of Āditya (the Sun)
• आदित्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथाम्: story, account
• कथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• एताम्: this
• एताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjectival use)

• द्रौपद्या: by Draupadī
• द्रौपद्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• आराधितस्य: of (him) who was worshipped
• आराधितस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → आराधित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

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

• श्रोष्यति: will hear
• श्रोष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नरः: a man, person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• एनः: sin, demerit
• एनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• क्षयम्: destruction, ending
• क्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• एष्यति: will go to, will attain
• एष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (within Skanda’s discourse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional assembly in Kāśī: a sage recites the story of Draupadī’s worship of Āditya; listeners sit with folded hands as a radiant solar disc glows above, symbolizing pāpa-kṣaya through śravaṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya
• Draupadī
• Bhakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to sacred narratives is itself a purifying practice that erodes pāpa (sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The story is situated in Kāśīkhaṇḍa, aligning the merit of śravaṇa with Kāśī’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa: hearing the Āditya-kathā with bhakti is prescribed as a means of purification.