Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

ध्रुवदैनंदिनं पापं क्षालितं नात्र संशयः । न तस्य देहिनो देहे जातु चित्किल्बिषस्थितिः

Transliteration

dhruvadainaṃdinaṃ pāpaṃ kṣālitaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | na tasya dehino dehe jātu citkilbiṣasthitiḥ

Translation

Tội lỗi thường nhật, bền bỉ ngày qua ngày, chắc chắn được gột rửa—không chút nghi ngờ. Trong thân người ấy, vết nhơ của điều sai trái chẳng bao giờ còn lưu lại.

Word by Word

• dhruva-dainaṃdinam: certain and daily
• dhruva-dainaṃdinam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक) + dainaṃdina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘ध्रुवं दैनंदिनम्’ (certain and daily) qualifying pāpam

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• kṣālitam: is cleansed
• kṣālitam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣāl (क्षाल्) (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; predicate participle—‘washed away/cleansed’

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; negation particle (निषेध)

• atra: here, in this matter
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb of place (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; negation particle (निषेध)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive pronoun

• dehinaḥ: of the embodied one
• dehinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dehin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; ‘embodied being’

• dehe: in the body
• dehe: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• jātu: ever
• jātu: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jātu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb (कालवाचक) meaning ‘ever/at any time’

• cit: even, at all
• cit: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; enclitic particle (निपात) adding emphasis/indefiniteness (‘even/at all’)

• kilbiṣa-sthitiḥ: the presence of sin
• kilbiṣa-sthitiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kilbiṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sthiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘किल्बिषस्य स्थितिः’ (presence of sin)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic ‘washing’ scene: translucent streams of light flow over the devotee as he chants; dark specks (pāpa) dissolve and fall away, leaving a clear aura; in the distance, Gaṅgā waters mirror the inner cleansing.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent sacred practice cleanses even habitual, everyday moral impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context remains the Kāśī-stotra tradition within Kāśī Khaṇḍa, though no single tirtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied continuation of daily chanting; the focus is on its cleansing result (kṣālana).