Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

सकृद्यत्राप्लुतो धीमान्दहेदघमहोदधिम् । चौरतीर्थं ततः पुण्यं कपिलेश्वर सन्निधौ

Transliteration

sakṛdyatrāpluto dhīmāndahedaghamahodadhim | cauratīrthaṃ tataḥ puṇyaṃ kapileśvara sannidhau

Translation

جہاں دانا شخص ایک بار بھی غسل کرے تو گناہوں کے عظیم سمندر کو جلا دیتا ہے—اس کے بعد کپیلیشور کے قرب میں ثواب والا چور تیرتھ ہے۔

Word by Word

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: विशेषणम् (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/आवृत्ति-वाचक (adverb of frequency: ‘once’)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: अधिकरण (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्ध (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• आप्लुतः: having bathed/immersed
• आप्लुतः: कर्तृविशेषण (qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√प्लु (धातु) → आप्लुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘having bathed/immersed’

• धीमान्: the wise man
• धीमान्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धीमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दहेत्: would burn/destroy
• दहेत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अघ: sin
• अघ: कर्म (as part of object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• महत्: great
• महत्: कर्मविशेषण (within compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• उदधिम्: ocean
• उदधिम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अघमहोदधिम्: the great ocean of sin
• अघमहोदधिम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ + महत् + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः तत्पुरुषसमास; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘sin-as-great-ocean’

• चौरतीर्थम्: (the) Cauratīrtha
• चौरतीर्थम्: विशेष्य/नाम (Appositional name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चौर + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (context: naming a tīrtha)

• ततः: thereafter; from there
• ततः: सम्बन्ध/क्रम (sequencing)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तद्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb): ‘thereafter/from there’

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (of tīrtha)

• कपिलेश्वर: Kapileśvara
• कपिलेश्वर: सम्बन्ध (genitive/locative association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिल + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे नाम; सम्बोधन-प्रायः/स्थाननाम (here: name of deity/place)

• सन्निधौ: in the vicinity/presence
• सन्निधौ: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caura Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Typically a sage/assembly (e.g., Agastya or other ṛṣis in Kāśīkhaṇḍa frames; exact interlocutor not provided in the excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim descends stone steps to a small Kāśī water-spot (tīrtha-kunda/ghāṭa), with Kapileśvara’s shrine visible nearby; the water glows as if consuming darkness, symbolizing the ‘ocean of sin’ being burned.

Characters & Entities

• Caura Tīrtha
• Kapileśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a single sincere act at a sanctified place can radically purify accumulated wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Caura Tīrtha, located near Kapileśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A single snāna/immersion is highlighted as sufficient to destroy great sin.