Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

विश्वेषां विश्वबीजानां कर्माख्यानां लयो यतः । अस्मिन्निर्वाणदे लिंगे विश्वलिंगमिदं ततः

Transliteration

viśveṣāṃ viśvabījānāṃ karmākhyānāṃ layo yataḥ | asminnirvāṇade liṃge viśvaliṃgamidaṃ tataḥ

Translation

Weil in diesem Liṅga, dem Spender des Nirvāṇa, die Auflösung aller kosmischen Samen und aller karmischen Überlieferungen geschieht, heißt er daher „Viśva-liṅga“, der Liṅga des Universums.

Word by Word

• viśveṣām: of all
• viśveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘of all (beings/worlds)’

• viśvabījānām: of the seeds of the universe
• viśvabījānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva-bīja (प्रातिपदिक; viśva + bīja)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः ‘विश्वस्य बीजानि’

• karmākhyānām: of the accounts/narratives of deeds
• karmākhyānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma-ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक; karma + ākhyāna)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः ‘कर्मणाम् आख्यानानि/वर्णनानि’

• layaḥ: dissolution/merging
• layaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yataḥ: from which
• yataḥ: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative adverb) ‘यतः = from which/wherefrom’

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘in this’

• nirvāṇade: granting liberation
• nirvāṇade: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirvāṇa-da (प्रातिपदिक; nirvāṇa + da)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गे); समासः तत्पुरुषः ‘निर्वाणं ददाति’

• liṃge: in the liṅga
• liṃge: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• viśvaliṃgam: the universal liṅga
• viśvaliṃgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva-liṅga (प्रातिपदिक; viśva + liṅga)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः ‘विश्वस्य लिङ्गम्’

• idam: this
• idam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विश्वलिङ्गम्)

• tataḥ: therefore
• tataḥ: Hetu (Reason marker/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतु/अनन्तर-वाचक-अव्यय (therefore/thereupon)

Speaker

Narrator (within Skanda–Agastya dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśva-liṅga (Nirvāṇa-da Liṅga)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience / sages in frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic visualization: the Viśva-liṅga stands at the center while galaxies/lotus-worlds and karmic scrolls dissolve into it like sparks into a flame; the scene is quiet, vast, and inward-turning.

Characters & Entities

• Viśva-liṅga
• Śiva
• Nirvāṇa
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva in Kāśī is the dissolver of karmic bondage; worship and realization here culminate in liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Viśva-liṅga (a liberation-bestowing Liṅga) within the Kāśī sacred geography of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship/darśana of this nirvāṇa-bestowing Liṅga for the dissolution of karmic bondage; no step-by-step ritual is stated.