Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

उग्रः कनखलात्तीर्थादाविरासेह सिद्धिदः । तद्विलोकनतो नृणामुग्रं पापं प्रणश्यति

Transliteration

ugraḥ kanakhalāttīrthādāvirāseha siddhidaḥ | tadvilokanato nṛṇāmugraṃ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati

Translation

赐予成就的乌格罗（Ugra）自迦那迦罗（Kanakhala）圣渡处在此显现。仅以瞻仰之力，众人可怖之罪业即得消灭。

Word by Word

• उग्रः: Ugra (a fierce deity)
• उग्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; (देवता-नाम)

• कनखलात्: from Kanakhalā
• कनखलात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कनखला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; sandhi: कनखलात् + तीर्थात् → कनखलात्तीर्थात्

• तीर्थात्: from the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• आविरास: appeared
• आविरास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आविर्-आस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘appeared/manifested’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: ‘here’)

• सिद्धिदः: giver of attainments
• सिद्धिदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धि + द (प्रातिपदिक; द = दा-धातोः कृत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सिद्धिं ददाति इति); ‘giver of success’

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; sandhi: तत् + विलोकनतः → तद्विलोकनतः

• विलोकनतः: from seeing (it)
• विलोकनतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-लोकन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); ‘from seeing/at the sight of’

• नृणाम्: of people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; ‘of men’

• उग्रम्: terrible
• उग्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (पापम् इति नपुंसकान्वयात् नपुंसक), द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘terrible’

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• प्रणश्यति: is destroyed
• प्रणश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘perishes/is destroyed’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ugra (from Kanakhala tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ugra, a fierce success-giving deity, appears in Kāśī with an implied origin from Kanakhala; the composition juxtaposes a faint memory of Haridwar’s Gaṅgā ghāṭs with Kāśī’s lanes, while devotees gain relief as dark ‘ugra pāpa’ dissipates upon darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Ugra
• Kanakhala Tīrtha
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa exalts Kāśī as a place where divine manifestations make liberation tangible—darśana itself burns away grave sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The manifestation of Ugra in Kāśī, linked to Kanakhala tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No elaborate rite; the stated practice is darśana (tad-vilokana) for sin-destruction.