Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

कण्वेश्वरं शुभं लिंगं लिंगं कात्यायनेश्वरम् । वामदेवेश्वरं लिंगमौतथ्येश्वरमेव च

Transliteration

kaṇveśvaraṃ śubhaṃ liṃgaṃ liṃgaṃ kātyāyaneśvaram | vāmadeveśvaraṃ liṃgamautathyeśvarameva ca

Translation

তাত শুভ কণ্বেশ্বৰ লিঙ্গ, কাত্যায়নেশ্বৰ লিঙ্গ, বামদেৱেশ্বৰ লিঙ্গ আৰু লগতে ঔতথ্যেশ্বৰ লিঙ্গো আছে।

Word by Word

• कण्व-ईश्वरम्: (the liṅga called) Kaṇveśvara
• कण्व-ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन

• कात्यायन-ईश्वरम्: Kātyāyaneśvara
• कात्यायन-ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कात्यायन (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन; नाम

• वामदेव-ईश्वरम्: Vāmadeveśvara
• वामदेव-ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन; नाम

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन

• औतथ्य-ईश्वरम्: Autathyeśvara
• औतथ्य-ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औतथ्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन; नाम

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaṇveśvara, Kātyāyaneśvara, Vāmadeveśvara, Autathyeśvara liṅgas

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim’s map-like tableau: four small shrines or four liṅgas in sequence, each with a name-banner—Kaṇveśvara, Kātyāyaneśvara, Vāmadeveśvara, Autathyeśvara—set amid Kāśī lanes.

Characters & Entities

• Kaṇveśvara
• Kātyāyaneśvara
• Vāmadeveśvara
• Autathyeśvara
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is a dense sacred landscape where many sage-associated forms of Śiva are accessible to pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-kṣetra broadly, through a list of named liṅgas situated within it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit pilgrimage practice: visiting and worshipping these liṅgas; no single rite is explicitly stated in this verse.