Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

एतत्पुण्यतमाख्यानं विप्रस्य शिवशर्मणः । श्रुत्वा पापविनिर्मुक्तो ज्ञानं परममृच्छति

Transliteration

etatpuṇyatamākhyānaṃ viprasya śivaśarmaṇaḥ | śrutvā pāpavinirmukto jñānaṃ paramamṛcchati

Translation

聆听这段关于婆罗门湿婆舍尔曼（Śivaśarman）的至圣传说者，得脱诸罪，证得无上真知。

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative adjective)

• puṇyatama: most holy
• puṇyatama: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + -tama (तमत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अतिशय-विशेषण (superlative)

• ākhyānam: narrative, account
• ākhyānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• viprasya: of the brāhmaṇa
• viprasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• śivaśarmaṇaḥ: of Śivaśarman
• śivaśarmaṇaḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivaśarman (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; नकारान्त-प्रातिपदिक (śarman-stem)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु, धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having heard)

• pāpa: from sin
• pāpa: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (in compound-governed sense)

• vinirmuktaḥ: freed, released
• vinirmuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-nir-√muc (मुच्, धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to implied 'saḥ/naraḥ')

• jñānam: knowledge
• jñānam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ṛcchati: attains
• ṛcchati: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ṛcch (ऋच्छ्/गम्-अर्थे, धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (contextual, Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding phalaśruti moment: a sage-narrator’s discourse ends; listeners sit in reverent stillness as the merit of hearing is proclaimed, with Kāśī’s sacred skyline implied.

Characters & Entities

• Śivaśarman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a purified Purāṇic account destroys sin and matures into supreme knowledge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework, broadly glorifying Kāśī as the setting where such liberating narratives are taught and heard.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is prescribed here; the stated practice is śravaṇa—hearing the sacred account with faith.