Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

आषाढीशं ततो दृष्ट्वा भारभूतेश्वरं ततः । लांगलीशमथालोक्य ततस्तु त्रिपुरांतकम्

Transliteration

āṣāḍhīśaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā bhārabhūteśvaraṃ tataḥ | lāṃgalīśamathālokya tatastu tripurāṃtakam

Translation

ثم بعد أن يُشاهَد آṣāḍhīśa (Āṣāḍhīśa)، فليُزَرْ بهارابهوتهيشڤرا (Bhārabhūteśvara). وبعد مشاهدة لانغالييشا (Lāṃgalīśa)، فليُتَوَجَّهْ إلى تريبورانتكا (Tripurāntaka).

Word by Word

• āṣāḍhīśam: Āṣāḍhīśa
• āṣāḍhīśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṣāḍhī + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (āṣāḍhyāḥ īśaḥ / āṣāḍhī-nāmaka īśaḥ) (masc. acc. sg.)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरम् (adverb)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (gerund)

• bhārabhūteśvaram: Bhārabhūteśvara
• bhārabhūteśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāra-bhūta + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-सम्भाव्य तत्पुरुष (bhārabhūtasya īśvaraḥ / bhārabhūta-īśvaraḥ) (masc. acc. sg.)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरम् (adverb)

• lāṃgalīśam: Lāṃgalīśa
• lāṃgalīśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lāṃgalī + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lāṃgalyāḥ īśaḥ / lāṃgalī-nāmaka īśaḥ) (masc. acc. sg.)

• atha: then/next
• atha: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (particle: then/next)

• ālokya: having looked at/seen
• ālokya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + lok (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (gerund; ālokya)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरम् (adverb)

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थक (particle)

• tripurāntakam: Tripurāntaka (destroyer of Tripura)
• tripurāntakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tripura + antaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tripurāṇām antakaḥ) (masc. acc. sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āṣāḍhīśa–Tripurāntaka segment of the eleven-liṅga yātrā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims move from shrine to shrine; the final station, Tripurāntaka, is envisioned with Śiva as archer, the burning of the three cities symbolically hovering behind the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Āṣāḍhīśa
• Bhārabhūteśvara
• Lāṃgalīśa
• Tripurāntaka
• Śiva
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is mapped as a living mandala of Śiva—progressing by darśana from shrine to shrine is itself a dharmic discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śiva-sthānas of Āṣāḍhīśa, Bhārabhūteśvara, Lāṃgalīśa, and Tripurāntaka within Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sequential darśana: see each named liṅga in the stated order as part of the yātrā.