Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अनेन तपसोग्रेण लिंगस्याराधनेन च । तवादेयं न पूतात्मंस्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे

Transliteration

anena tapasogreṇa liṃgasyārādhanena ca | tavādeyaṃ na pūtātmaṃstrailokye sacarācare

Translation

„Durch diese strenge Askese und durch deine Verehrung des Liṅga bleibt dir in den drei Welten — im Bewegten wie im Unbewegten — nichts unverleihbar, o Pūtātmā.“

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (instrumental: by this)

• तपसः: of austerity
• तपसः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• अग्रेण: excellent/foremost
• अग्रेण: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (with उत्कृष्ट/foremost sense)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• आराधनेन: by worship
• आराधनेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आराधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तव: for you / of you
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आदेयम्: (anything) to be accepted/received
• आदेयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be taken/acceptable)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• पूतात्मन्: O pure-souled one
• पूतात्मन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूत (कृदन्त) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (three worlds)

• सचराचरे: with the moving and the unmoving
• सचराचरे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/पूर्वपद) + चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (चर + अचर), सह-पूर्वपद (with)

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) audience of the Kāśī-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva proclaims the limitless grantability of boons due to the devotee’s fierce austerity and liṅga worship; cosmic panorama hinted—three worlds, beings moving and unmoving.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Pūtātmā
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intense tapas joined with Liṅga-worship makes the devotee worthy of extraordinary divine gifts—nothing is beyond grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where Liṅga-worship is praised as supremely efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅgārādhana (worship/propitiation of the Śiva-liṅga) and tapas (austerity) are highlighted as the meritorious practices.