Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

दत्तात्रेयेश्वराद्याम्यामहमादिगदाधरः । हरामि तत्र भक्तानां संसारगदसंचयम्

Transliteration

dattātreyeśvarādyāmyāmahamādigadādharaḥ | harāmi tatra bhaktānāṃ saṃsāragadasaṃcayam

Translation

دتاترییشور کے جنوب میں میں ‘آدی گدाधر’ ہوں؛ اور وہاں میں بھکتوں سے سنسار کے روگ کی جمع شدہ تکلیف دور کر دیتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• दत्तात्रेयेश्वराद्याम्याम्: in (the tīrtha/region) Dattātreyeśvarādyāmyā
• दत्तात्रेयेश्वराद्याम्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दत्तात्रेय-ईश्वर-आदि-आम्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7 विभक्ति), एकवचन; देश/तीर्थ-विशेषणरूपेण; समासः (दत्तात्रेयेश्वरादि-आम्यायां)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1 विभक्ति), एकवचन

• आदिगदाधरः: Ādi-Gadādhara (prime mace-bearer)
• आदिगदाधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि-गदा-धर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1 विभक्ति), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (गदां धरति इति गदाधरः; आदि- इति विशेषणपूर्वपद)

• हरामि: I remove
• हरामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमाने), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• भक्तानाम्: of devotees
• भक्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6 विभक्ति), बहुवचन

• संसारगदसंचयम्: the accumulation of worldly afflictions
• संसारगदसंचयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार-गद-संचय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2 विभक्ति), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (संसारस्य गदः; तस्य संचयः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) speaking to Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādi-Gaḍādhara-sthāna (near Dattātreyeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/devotees in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shrine lane south of Dattātreyeśvara; Ādi-Gaḍādhara holds the mace; devotees appear weary, then serene as the ‘saṃsāra-illness’ lifts like a fever breaking.

Characters & Entities

• Dattātreyeśvara
• Ādi-Gaḍādhara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Saṃsāra is depicted as a disease, and bhakti at the sacred site is praised as the divine remedy that removes its accumulated suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A shrine/spot south of Dattātreyeśvara in Kāśī, where the deity is known as Ādi-Gaḍādhara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional approach (bhakti) to Ādi-Gaḍādhara at that location; the verse emphasizes the resulting relief from saṃsāra-roga.