Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

करिष्याम्यत्र सांनिध्यमस्मिंल्लिंगे तपोधन । योगसिद्धिप्रदानाय साधकेभ्यः सदैव हि

Transliteration

kariṣyāmyatra sāṃnidhyamasmiṃlliṃge tapodhana | yogasiddhipradānāya sādhakebhyaḥ sadaiva hi

Translation

O Schatz der Askese, ich werde hier in diesem Liṅga meine Gegenwart bewahren, wahrlich für immer, um den Übenden die yogische Vollendung (Siddhi) zu verleihen.

Word by Word

• करिष्यामि: I will do; I will make
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• सांनिध्यम्: presence; proximity
• सांनिध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांनिध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गे)

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तपोधन: O one whose wealth is austerity
• तपोधन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तपः एव धनं यस्य)

• योगसिद्धिप्रदानाय: for granting yogic attainments
• योगसिद्धिप्रदानाय: Sampradana/Purpose (Recipient-Purpose/सम्प्रदान-प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग-सिद्धि-प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (योगसिद्धेः प्रदानम्)

• साधकेभ्यः: to practitioners
• साधकेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

• सदैव: always indeed
• सदैव: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (always) + निश्चयार्थक (indeed)

• हि: for; indeed
• हि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ निपात (particle)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jaigīṣavyeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Tapodhana (ascetic addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a small sanctum, the liṅga radiates a subtle aura; a tapasvin sits in padmāsana while an unseen Śiva-presence is suggested by light and ash-swirls.

Characters & Entities

• Jaigīṣavyeśvara Liṅga
• Sādhakas
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text frames a shrine as a stable locus of grace where sincere practice is supported by divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Liṅga identified as Jaigīṣavyeśvara in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Engage in sādhana near/at the Liṅga with the aim of yoga-siddhi, relying on the promised sāṃnidhya.