Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

श्रीसूक्तं पावमानी च ब्राह्मणो मंडलानि च । जप्तं पुरुषसूक्तं न पापारि शतरुद्रियम्

Transliteration

śrīsūktaṃ pāvamānī ca brāhmaṇo maṃḍalāni ca | japtaṃ puruṣasūktaṃ na pāpāri śatarudriyam

Translation

میں نے شری سوکت، پاومانی، برہمن منڈل اور پُرش سوکت کا جپ نہ کیا؛ نہ ہی گناہ ہرانے والے شترُدریہ کا پاٹھ کیا۔

Word by Word

• श्रीसूक्तम्: the Śrīsūkta hymn
• श्रीसूक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Sg.)

• पावमानी: the Pāvamānī (hymn)
• पावमानी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावमानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom., Sg.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ब्राह्मणः: a brāhmaṇa / the brāhmaṇa (text)
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom., Sg.)

• मण्डलानि: sections/circles (maṇḍalas)
• मण्डलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जप्तम्: recited
• जप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘recited’ (Past passive participle, Neuter, Nom/Acc, Sg.)

• पुरुषसूक्तम्: the Puruṣasūkta hymn
• पुरुषसूक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Sg.)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• पापारि: (the hymn) ‘enemy of sin’
• पापारि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Sg.)

• शतरुद्रियम्: the Śatarudriya (hymn)
• शतरुद्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scholar-priestly setting in Kāśī: palm-leaf manuscripts, a Rudra-liṅga shrine, and a devotee confessing not having recited Śrīsūkta, Pāvamānī, Puruṣasūkta, and Śatarudrīya.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīsūkta
• Pāvamānī
• Puruṣasūkta
• Śatarudriya
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic and Rudra hymns are upheld as powerful disciplines of purification and auspiciousness; neglecting them is spiritual loss.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the broader setting, but the verse focuses on mantra-japa rather than a particular locality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa/recitation of Śrīsūkta, Pāvamānī, Puruṣasūkta, and especially Śatarudriya for sin-destruction.