Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तीर्थं खर्वनृसिंहाख्यं तीर्थाद्भरवतः पुरः । तत्र स्नातस्य वै पुंसः कुतोघजनितं भयम्

Transliteration

tīrthaṃ kharvanṛsiṃhākhyaṃ tīrthādbharavataḥ puraḥ | tatra snātasya vai puṃsaḥ kutoghajanitaṃ bhayam

Translation

بھیرَو تیرتھ کے سامنے ‘کھرو نرسِمہ’ نام کا تیرتھ ہے۔ جو شخص وہاں اشنان کرے، اُس کے دل میں گناہ سے پیدا ہونے والا خوف پھر کہاں رہتا ہے؟

Word by Word

• tīrtham: a tīrtha
• tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र विधेयवाक्ये द्वितीया (निर्देश) = Neuter singular (as item being described)

• kharvanṛsiṃhākhyam: called Kharva-Nṛsiṃha
• kharvanṛsiṃhākhyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kharva + nṛsiṃha + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tīrtham) = Neuter Accusative singular; समासः: खर्वनृसिंह इति आख्यम् (named ‘Kharva-Nṛsiṃha’)

• tīrthāt: from the tīrtha
• tīrthāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन = Neuter, Ablative singular

• bharavataḥ: of Bharavata/Bhairava (gen.)
• bharavataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharavata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन = Masculine, Genitive singular; पाठभेदसम्भवः: 'bhairavataḥ' (of Bhairava) इति; अत्र IAST अनुसार 'bharavataḥ'

• puraḥ: in front of
• puraḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puras (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = Indeclinable adverb; पुरतः (in front of)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = Indeclinable adverb of place (there)

• snātasya: of one who has bathed
• snātasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक); √snā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन = Masculine, Genitive singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्तः; विशेषणम् (puṃsaḥ)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = Emphatic particle

• puṃsaḥ: of a man
• puṃsaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pumān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन = Masculine, Genitive singular

• kutaḥ: whence/how (could there be)
• kutaḥ: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kutas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक) = Interrogative indeclinable; कुतः (whence/how)

• oghajanitam: caused by a mass/flood
• oghajanitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ogha + janita (प्रातिपदिक); √jan (धातु) + ita/ta (क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (bhayam) = Neuter singular adjective; समासः: ओघेन जनितम् (produced by a flood/mass)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन = Neuter, Nominative singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kharva-Nṛsiṃha Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small tīrtha before Bhairava’s area; a compact (kharva) Nṛsiṃha emblem/shrine stands nearby; pilgrims bathe and look up with relief as fear leaves their faces.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Kharva-Nṛsiṃha Tīrtha
• Nṛsiṃha
• Bhairava Tīrtha
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is not only moral but psychological: when pāpa is dissolved, fear rooted in guilt and impurity also falls away.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kharva-Nṛsiṃha Tīrtha, located in front of (near) Bhairava Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at Kharva-Nṛsiṃha Tīrtha.