Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

तत्संसर्गिणमावर्षमसिपत्रवने तथा । एतान्महापातकिनस्तप्ततैलकटाहके

Transliteration

tatsaṃsargiṇamāvarṣamasipatravane tathā | etānmahāpātakinastaptatailakaṭāhake

Translation

ان کے ساتھیوں کو آورش اور اسیپترون (تلوار جیسے پتوں والے جنگل) میں بھیجو۔ ان بڑے گناہ گاروں کو ابلتے ہوئے تیل کی کڑھائیوں میں ڈال دو۔

Word by Word

• tat-saṃsargiṇam: his associate
• tat-saṃsargiṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsargin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तस्य संसर्गी (associate of him)

• āvarṣam: for a year/throughout the year
• āvarṣam: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative): आवर्षम् = वर्षपर्यन्तम्/यावद्वर्षम्

• asi-patra-vane: in Asipatravana
• asi-patra-vane: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asi (प्रातिपदिक) + patra (प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; असिपत्रवन (hell/forest of sword-leaves)

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (also/likewise)

• etān: these (people)
• etān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• mahā-pātakinaḥ: great sinners
• mahā-pātakinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pātakin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; महापातकयुक्ताः (great sinners)

• tapta-taila-kaṭāhake: in the cauldron of boiling oil
• tapta-taila-kaṭāhake: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + taila (प्रातिपदिक) + kaṭāhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तप्ततैलकटाहक (hell/cauldron of boiling oil)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied attendants; Andhaka in the surrounding address

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of associates (not principal criminals) are herded toward a dreadful forest whose leaves are sword-blades (Asipatravana); nearby, cauldrons of boiling oil bubble as punishment for mahāpātakins; the scene emphasizes collective consequence.

Characters & Entities

• Āvarṣa
• Asipatravana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Not only the principal wrongdoer but even close associates of grave sinners are warned; companionship shapes karma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the larger sacred frame, but this verse is primarily a moral-theological warning.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it implicitly advises saṅga-śuddhi—keeping pure company to protect one’s dharma.