Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

विराधेश्वरमाराध्य विराधगणपूजितम् । सर्वापराधयुक्तोपि नापराध्यति कुत्रचित्

Transliteration

virādheśvaramārādhya virādhagaṇapūjitam | sarvāparādhayuktopi nāparādhyati kutracit

Translation

ویرادھ نامی گن کے پوجے ہوئے ویرادھیشور کی آرادھنا سے، اگرچہ آدمی تمام خطاؤں سے بوجھل ہو، پھر بھی وہ کہیں بھی گناہ میں نہیں گرتا۔

Word by Word

• विराधेश्वरम्: Virādheśvara
• विराधेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराधेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: विराध + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• आराध्य: having worshipped/propitiated
• आराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (ल्यप्), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having propitiated/worshipped)

• विराधगणपूजितम्: worshipped by the gaṇas of Virādha
• विराधगणपूजितम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विराधगणपूजित (प्रातिपदिक: विराध + गण + पूजित)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विराधेश्वरम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्; अर्थः—विराधगणेन पूजितम्

• सर्वापराधयुक्तः: even if endowed with all offenses
• सर्वापराधयुक्तः: Visheshana (Adjective of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वापराधयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + अपराध + युक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषणम्

• अपि: even (if)
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपवादबोधक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• अपराध्यति: commits an offense/sins
• अपराध्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अपराध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere
• कुत्रचित्: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite adverb: anywhere)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Virādheśvara

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A remorseful devotee worships Virādheśvara; the gaṇa Virādha stands as a guardian witness; dark stains of ‘offense’ lift away like smoke, replaced by clear light.

Characters & Entities

• Virādheśvara
• Virādha Gaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace in Kāśī is portrayed as morally restorative: devotion can neutralize the momentum of wrongdoing and protect one from further fault.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Virādheśvara Liṅga/temple in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devout worship/propitiation) of Virādheśvara as a means of cleansing and preventing aparādha (offense).