Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

नरः श्रुत्वैतदाख्यानं खखोल्कादित्यसंभवम् । गरुडेशेन सहितं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

naraḥ śrutvaitadākhyānaṃ khakholkādityasaṃbhavam | garuḍeśena sahitaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

جو شخص خَکھولک کے اس مقدس بیان کو—جو آدتیہ (سورج) سے وابستہ پیدائش رکھتا ہے اور گرڑیش کے ساتھ ہے—سنتا ہے، وہ تمام گناہوں سے پاک ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative Singular)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular) — आख्यानम् इति विशेषण

• आख्यानम्: narrative, account
• आख्यानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• खखोल्क: Khakholka-
• खखोल्क: Sambandha (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khakholka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचनार्थे समासपूर्वपद

• आदित्य: Sun (Āditya)-
• आदित्य: Sambandha (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचनार्थे समासमध्यपद

• संभवम्: originating from Khakholka-Āditya
• संभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक; sam√bhū + ghaÑ/भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular); खखोल्कादित्यसंभवम् = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (खखोल्कादित्यस्य सम्भवम्)

• गरुडेशेन: with Garuḍeśa
• गरुडेशेन: Sahakarana (Accompaniment/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)

• सहितम्: accompanied (together)
• सहितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक; √sah + kta)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) used adjectivally, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular) — आख्यानम् इति विशेषण

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-बहुवचन (Instrumental Plural) — समासपूर्वपद

• पापैः: from sins
• पापैः: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-बहुवचन (Instrumental Plural)

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Khakholka (within Paiśaṃgila tīrtha, Kāśī)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small assembly of devotees seated near a Kāśī shrine as a paurāṇika reciter narrates the Khakholka-Āditya-Garuḍa account; sound waves depicted as luminous garlands removing dark stains from listeners.

Characters & Entities

• Khakholka
• Āditya (Sūrya)
• Garuḍeśa (Garuḍa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Listening (śravaṇa) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifying practice, capable of removing sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the glorification of the Khakholka-related tradition within Kāśī’s sacred landscape (linked to Paiśaṃgila in the preceding verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—hearing the māhātmya/narrative—is the stated practice and its fruit is freedom from sins.