Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

काश्यां दास्यत्यभीष्टानि भक्तानां चिंतितान्यहो । अस्मिंल्लिंगे सदा वीर स्थास्याम्यद्यदिनावधि

Transliteration

kāśyāṃ dāsyatyabhīṣṭāni bhaktānāṃ ciṃtitānyaho | asmiṃlliṃge sadā vīra sthāsyāmyadyadināvadhi

Translation

«في كاشي سيمنحُ العابدين ما يشتهون من العطايا، بل حتى المقاصد التي يضمرونها في قلوبهم. وفي هذا اللِّينغا، أيها البطل، سأقيم أبدًا من هذا اليوم فصاعدًا.»

Word by Word

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• दास्यति: will give
• दास्यति: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु, दाने)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन

• अभीष्टानि: desired boons
• अभीष्टानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक/क्त कृदन्त from इष्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन (Plural)

• भक्तानाम्: of devotees
• भक्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• चिन्तितानि: thought of, wished for
• चिन्तितानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; बहुवचन; विशेषण (अभीष्टानि इति विशेष्यस्य)

• अहो: ah!/indeed!
• अहो: Exclamation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मयादिबोधक उद्गार (interjection)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; विशेषण

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th); एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb)

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• स्थास्यामि: I will remain/stand
• स्थास्यामि: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st); एकवचन

• अद्य: today/from today
• अद्य: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• दिन: of the day
• दिन: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• अवधि: until the end (as limit)
• अवधि: Kālādhi karaṇa (Limit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दिनस्य अवधिः); पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (meaning 'until')

Speaker

Śiva (as Liṅga)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vīra-Vīreśvara (in Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva promises that the liṅga in Kāśī grants devotees their cherished desires; the liṅga is shown as a living presence, with devotees offering bilva and water, faces lit by hope and reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kāśī
• Vīra-Vīreśvara Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is portrayed as a living field of grace where Śiva responds to devotion and sincere inner aspiration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), centered on the Vīra-Vīreśvara Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit worship/approach to the Liṅga as the means for receiving desired boons; no single rite is specified.