Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सकृत्प्रणम्य केदारं हरपापकृतोदकः । स्थाप्य लिंगं हृदंभोजे प्रांते मोक्षं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

sakṛtpraṇamya kedāraṃ harapāpakṛtodakaḥ | sthāpya liṃgaṃ hṛdaṃbhoje prāṃte mokṣaṃ gamiṣyati

Translation

جو شخص ایک بار کیدار کو سجدۂ تعظیم کرے، اور گناہوں کو ہرانے والے پانی سے پاک ہو جائے، پھر دل کے کنول میں شیو لِنگ کو قائم کرے—وہ عمر کے آخر میں موکش (نجات) پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/आवृत्तिवाचक (adverb: once)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having bowed)

• केदारम्: Kedāra (Kedarnath)
• केदारम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• हरपापकृतोदकः: one whose water has removed Hara’s sin(s)
• हरपापकृतोदकः: Karta (Subject/agent)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर-पाप-कृत-उदक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासविग्रहः: हरपापं कृतम् उदकं यस्य (whose water has removed/ended the sins of Hara)

• स्थाप्य: having installed
• स्थाप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) + क्त्वान्त (absolutive); स्थापयित्वा (having installed/placed)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• हृदम्बोजे: in the heart-lotus
• हृदम्बोजे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद्-अम्बोज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासविग्रहः: हृदि अम्बोजम् (lotus in the heart)

• प्रान्ते: at the end
• प्रान्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Time/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; काल/अवसानवाचक (at the end)

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Goal/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• गमिष्यति: will attain/go to
• गमिष्यति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāreśvara) in Kāśī; pāpa-hara udaka

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Aparṇā (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bows once at Kedāreśvara; nearby sin-destroying waters shimmer. The same figure is shown in meditation, a radiant liṅga seated in a pink heart-lotus; in the distance, Kāśī’s ghāṭs and lamps glow at twilight.

Characters & Entities

• Kedāra
• Śiva-liṅga
• Hara-pāpa (tīrtha/waters)
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer pilgrimage and inner worship unite: purification through tīrtha and establishment of Śiva in the heart culminate in mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra in Kāśī and the sin-destroying waters associated with Hara-pāpa (Hara-pāpa-hrada).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bowing to Kedāra, bathing/being purified by the tīrtha waters, and mentally/ritually installing the liṅga in the heart-lotus.