Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

हृदि रत्नेश्वरं लिंगं यस्य सम्यग्विजृंभते । अलातदंडवत्तस्मिन्कालदंडोपि जायते

Transliteration

hṛdi ratneśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ yasya samyagvijṛṃbhate | alātadaṃḍavattasminkāladaṃḍopi jāyate

Translation

مَن انبسط في قلبه لِنْغا رَتنيشڤارا انبساطًا تامًّا، فإنّ عصا الزمان نفسها تقوم فيه كجذوةٍ ملتهبة، عاجزةً عن تقييده كما كان من قبل.

Word by Word

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• रत्नेश्वरम्: Ratneśvara
• रत्नेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रत्नानाम् ईश्वरः)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga, emblem
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly, fully
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• विजृंभते: expands, manifests
• विजृंभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-जृम्भ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• अलातदण्डवत्: like a firebrand-stick
• अलातदण्डवत्: Upamana (Simile/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलात (प्रातिपदिक) + दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानार्थक (simile adverb) ‘-वत्’ = like; तत्पुरुष-आधार (अलातस्य दण्डः)

• तस्मिन्: in that (person/thing)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कालदण्डः: the staff/rod of Time (punishment of Time)
• कालदण्डः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक) + दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (कालस्य दण्डः)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• जायते: arises, is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, often to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśvara (internalized in hṛdaya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: In-story audience seeking meaning of Ratneśvara (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogic devotee seated in meditation; within the chest a luminous liṅga appears. Behind, a shadowy figure of Kāla with a staff is rendered harmless, its staff glowing like a firebrand but unable to strike.

Characters & Entities

• Ratneśvara
• Liṅga
• Kāla (Time/Death)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When Ratneśvara is realized inwardly, fear of Time/death is transformed; inner Śiva-bhāva leads toward freedom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratneśvara of Kāśī—presented not only as a shrine but as an inner reality to be awakened.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit internal meditation on Ratneśvara (hṛdaya-stha liṅga-bhāvanā); no step-by-step ritual is specified.