Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सक्तुप्रस्थेश्वरं लिंगं कणादेशं तथैव च । अन्यत्तत्र महालिंगं मांडूकाय निरूपितम्

Transliteration

saktuprastheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ kaṇādeśaṃ tathaiva ca | anyattatra mahāliṃgaṃ māṃḍūkāya nirūpitam

Translation

Dort befindet sich der Liṅga Saktuprastheśvara, ebenso Kaṇādeśa; und dort ist noch ein weiterer großer Liṅga, der für Māṃḍūka bestimmt wurde.

Word by Word

• सक्तु-प्रस्थ-ईश्वरम्: Saktuprastheśvara
• सक्तु-प्रस्थ-ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सक्तु (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन; नाम

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन

• कणाद-ईशम्: Kaṇādeśa (Lord of Kaṇāda)
• कणाद-ईशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कणाद (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन; नाम

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अन्यत्: another (one)
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (used substantively)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• महा-लिङ्गम्: a great liṅga
• महा-लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन

• माण्डूकाय: for Māṇḍūka
• माण्डूकाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case/Dative), एकवचन

• निरूपितम्: was described/was set forth
• निरूपितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + रूप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saktuprastheśvara, Kaṇādeśa, Māṃḍūka-nirūpita Mahāliṅga

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two shrines named Saktuprastheśvara and Kaṇādeśa, followed by a larger, more imposing liṅga associated with Māṃḍūka; a subtle frog emblem (māṇḍūka) appears near the base to indicate the dedicatee.

Characters & Entities

• Saktuprastheśvara
• Kaṇādeśa
• Māṃḍūka
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred field of Kāśī preserves living links between sages and Śiva-shrines, guiding devotees through lineage-infused holy places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-kṣetra via the shrines Saktuprastheśvara, Kaṇādeśa, and a mahāliṅga connected with Māṃḍūka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse primarily identifies shrines for pilgrimage darśana and worship.