Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

श्रीसूक्तं पावमानी च ब्राह्मणो मंडलानि च । जप्तं पुरुषसूक्तं न पापारि शतरुद्रियम्

Transliteration

śrīsūktaṃ pāvamānī ca brāhmaṇo maṃḍalāni ca | japtaṃ puruṣasūktaṃ na pāpāri śatarudriyam

Translation

我未诵《室利颂》（Śrīsūkta）、《帕瓦玛尼》（Pāvamānī）、诸《婆罗门曼荼罗》（Brāhmaṇa-maṇḍala），亦未诵《普鲁沙颂》（Puruṣasūkta）；更未唱诵灭罪的《百鲁陀罗》（Śatarudriya）。

Word by Word

• श्रीसूक्तम्: the Śrīsūkta hymn
• श्रीसूक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Sg.)

• पावमानी: the Pāvamānī (hymn)
• पावमानी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावमानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom., Sg.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ब्राह्मणः: a brāhmaṇa / the brāhmaṇa (text)
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom., Sg.)

• मण्डलानि: sections/circles (maṇḍalas)
• मण्डलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• जप्तम्: recited
• जप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘recited’ (Past passive participle, Neuter, Nom/Acc, Sg.)

• पुरुषसूक्तम्: the Puruṣasūkta hymn
• पुरुषसूक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Sg.)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• पापारि: (the hymn) ‘enemy of sin’
• पापारि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Sg.)

• शतरुद्रियम्: the Śatarudriya (hymn)
• शतरुद्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + रुद्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A scholar-priestly setting in Kāśī: palm-leaf manuscripts, a Rudra-liṅga shrine, and a devotee confessing not having recited Śrīsūkta, Pāvamānī, Puruṣasūkta, and Śatarudrīya.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīsūkta
• Pāvamānī
• Puruṣasūkta
• Śatarudriya
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic and Rudra hymns are upheld as powerful disciplines of purification and auspiciousness; neglecting them is spiritual loss.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the broader setting, but the verse focuses on mantra-japa rather than a particular locality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa/recitation of Śrīsūkta, Pāvamānī, Puruṣasūkta, and especially Śatarudriya for sin-destruction.