Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं सर्वपातकनाशनम् । कलशेश्वरमाहात्म्यं विस्तरेण द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam | kalaśeśvaramāhātmyaṃ vistareṇa dvijottamāḥ

Translation

یوں، اے بہترین دو بار جنم لینے والو، میں نے تمہیں تفصیل سے کَلَشیشور کا ماہاتمیہ بیان کیا ہے—جو ہر بڑے پاتک (مہاپاپ) کو مٹا دینے والا ہے۔

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — here object/complement ‘this’

• vaḥ: to you; for you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, बहुवचन (enclitic) — ‘of you/for you’; here dative sense ‘to you’

• sarvam: all; entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — विशेषण of ‘etat’

• ākhyātam: has been explained
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+√khyā (धातु) → ākhyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘told/declared’ (impersonal/passive sense: ‘has been told’)

• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: destroying all sins
• sarva-pātaka-nāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — तत्पुरुष; विशेषण of ‘etat/sarvam’: ‘destroyer of all sins’

• kalaśa-īśvara-māhātmyam: the glory of Kalaśeśvara
• kalaśa-īśvara-māhātmyam: Karma (Apposition/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — तत्पुरुष; apposition to ‘etat’: ‘the greatness of Kalaśeśvara’

• vistareṇa: in detail
• vistareṇa: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental ‘in detail/at length’

• dvija-uttamāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• dvija-uttamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — कर्मधारय; संबोधनार्थे प्रथमा-बहुवचन: ‘O best of Brahmins’

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalaśeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamas (best of the twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator addresses assembled dvijas, concluding the detailed account of Kalaśeśvara’s greatness; the shrine’s emblem (liṅga with kalaśa motif) is symbolically present behind him.

Characters & Entities

• Kalaśeśvara
• Dvijottamāḥ (sages/audience)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and preserving the account of a holy site is itself part of dharma, because it directs people toward sin-destroying pilgrimage and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kalaśeśvara and its associated tīrtha/kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite here; it functions as a concluding announcement of the Kalaśeśvara Māhātmya.