Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

काश्यां प्रसन्नौ संजातौ देवौ शंकरभास्करौ । गरुडस्थापिताल्लिंगादाविरासीदुमापतिः

Transliteration

kāśyāṃ prasannau saṃjātau devau śaṃkarabhāskarau | garuḍasthāpitālliṃgādāvirāsīdumāpatiḥ

Translation

In Kāśī wurden die beiden Gottheiten—Śaṅkara und Bhāskara—gnädig gestimmt; und aus dem von Garuḍa errichteten Liṅga offenbarte sich Umāpati, der Herr der Umā.

Word by Word

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचन (Locative Singular)

• प्रसन्नौ: pleased, gracious
• प्रसन्नौ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-द्विवचन (Nominative Dual)

• संजातौ: having arisen/come to be
• संजातौ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√jan (धातु) + kta → saṃjāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-द्विवचन (Nominative Dual)

• देवौ: the two gods
• देवौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-द्विवचन (Nominative Dual)

• शंकर: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकर: Apposition (Name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-द्विवचन (Nominative Dual) — समासपूर्वपद

• भास्करौ: Bhāskara (Sun)
• भास्करौ: Apposition (Name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-द्विवचन (Nominative Dual) — समासोत्तरपद; शंकरभास्करौ = द्वन्द्वसमास (शंकरः च भास्करः)

• गरुड: by Garuḍa / Garuḍa-
• गरुड: Karta/Instrument (within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचनार्थे समासपूर्वपद (instrumental sense in compound)

• स्थापितात्: from (that which was) established/installed
• स्थापितात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā√p (धातु) + kta → sthāpita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-एकवचन (Ablative Singular) — समासपूर्वपद

• लिङ्गात्: from the liṅga
• लिङ्गात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-एकवचन (Ablative Singular)

• आविरासीत्: appeared, manifested
• आविरासीत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āvis√as (धातु) / ā√bhū (प्रयोगार्थ)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• उमा: of Umā
• उमा: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive Singular) — समासपूर्वपद

• पतिः: the lord/husband (Śiva)
• पतिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative Singular); उमापतिः = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमास (उमायाः पतिः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Garuḍa-sthāpita-liṅga (within Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga on a pedestal with Garuḍa nearby (as installer/guardian); Śiva (Umāpati) emerging in radiant form while Sūrya (Bhāskara) and Śaṅkara are shown ‘pleased’—a triadic sacred tableau set against Kāśī’s ghāṭas.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Śaṅkara
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Garuḍa
• Liṅga
• Umāpati (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is depicted as a revelation-field where divine beings become pleased and Śiva’s presence becomes directly manifest.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is central, with emphasis on a particular liṅga said to have been established by Garuḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the focus is on the sanctity of the liṅga and theophany (divine manifestation).