Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

प्रससाद तदा देवो भार्गवाय महात्मने । तस्माल्लिंगाद्विनिर्गत्य सहस्रार्काधिकद्युतिः

Transliteration

prasasāda tadā devo bhārgavāya mahātmane | tasmālliṃgādvinirgatya sahasrārkādhikadyutiḥ

Translation

Da wurde der Gott dem großherzigen Bhārgava gnädig. Aus jenem Liṅga trat Er hervor, strahlend in einem Glanz, der tausend Sonnen übertrifft.

Word by Word

• प्रससाद: was pleased
• प्रससाद: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-सद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• देवः: the god (Śiva)
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भार्गवाय: to Bhārgava
• भार्गवाय: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• महात्मने: to the great-souled (one)
• महात्मने: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• लिङ्गात्: from the liṅga
• लिङ्गात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• विनिर्गत्य: having emerged
• विनिर्गत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: गम् (to go out) with prefixes वि+निर्

• सहस्रार्काधिकद्युतिः: (one) whose radiance exceeds a thousand suns
• सहस्रार्काधिकद्युतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्क (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिक (प्रातिपदिक) + द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (यस्मिन्/यस्य द्युतिः सहस्रार्काधिकाः = whose splendor exceeds a thousand suns)

Speaker

Narrator (purāṇic narration; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-liṅga-sannidhi (episode-specific)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the liṅga bursts forth Śiva in a column of blazing light, his body radiating beyond a thousand suns, while the Bhārgava stands awestruck in devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Bhārgava
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion and austerity culminate in divine favor, expressed as direct darśana of the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the liṅga motif underscores Kāśī as a preeminent Śaiva pilgrimage realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it describes the result (prasāda and darśana) of prior worship and tapas.