Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

हरत्यघं ध्वंसयति व्याधीनाधीन्नियच्छति । धर्मं विवर्धयेत्क्षिप्रं प्रयच्छति मनोरथम्

Transliteration

haratyaghaṃ dhvaṃsayati vyādhīnādhīnniyacchati | dharmaṃ vivardhayetkṣipraṃ prayacchati manoratham

Translation

它能除去罪垢，彻底摧灭，并制止疾病与心灵的苦恼；迅速增长正法（dharma），并赐予心中所愿。

Word by Word

• harati: removes
• harati: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• agham: sin/evil
• agham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dhvaṃsayati: destroys
• dhvaṃsayati: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhvaṃs (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense possible: ‘causes to perish/destroys’)

• vyādhīn: diseases
• vyādhīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• ādhīn: mental afflictions/anxieties
• ādhīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• niyacchati: restrains/checks
• niyacchati: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्गः ‘नि-’

• dharmam: dharma/righteousness
• dharmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vivardhayet: should increase/promote
• vivardhayet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛdh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्गः ‘वि-’

• kṣipram: quickly
• kṣipram: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• prayacchati: grants/gives
• prayacchati: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्गः ‘प्र-’

• manoratham: desired wish
• manoratham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manoratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मनसः रथः → मनो-रथः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers tulasī and lamp to Hari; dark smoke-like forms labeled ‘aghā’ dissolve, while a sick person regains strength and a troubled mind becomes calm. A dharma-tree sprouts rapidly beside the shrine, symbolizing quick dharma growth.

Characters & Entities

• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is described as a comprehensive purifier and protector—uplifting dharma while alleviating suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse contributes to the overall Kāśī-khaṇḍa devotional atmosphere rather than naming a specific Kāśī tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is Hari-bhakti (worship/ārādhana, kīrtana, smaraṇa), presented as the cause of these fruits.