Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

श्रुतं नामापि लिंगस्य यस्य जन्मत्रयार्जितम् । वृजिनं नाशयेत्तस्य प्रादुर्भावं ब्रुवे मुने

Transliteration

śrutaṃ nāmāpi liṃgasya yasya janmatrayārjitam | vṛjinaṃ nāśayettasya prādurbhāvaṃ bruve mune

Translation

Schon das bloße Hören des Namens dieses Liṅga vernichtet die in drei Geburten angesammelte Sünde; darum, o Weiser, will ich von seinem Erscheinen sprechen.

Word by Word

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र ‘श्रुतम् (heard/known)’

• नाम: indeed, even
• नाम: Kriya-visheshana (Particle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), ‘indeed/just’ अर्थे

• अपि: even
• अपि: Kriya-visheshana (Particle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• जन्मत्रय: three births
• जन्मत्रय: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्विगु-समास (numerical); प्रातिपदिक (compound base)

• अर्जितम्: acquired
• अर्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘acquired/earned’

• वृजिनम्: sin, evil
• वृजिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृजिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नाशयेत्: would destroy
• नाशयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु; णिच्)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘cause to perish’

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रादुर्भावम्: manifestation (account)
• प्रादुर्भावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रादुर्भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रुवे: I speak/tell
• ब्रुवे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda declares the extraordinary power: merely hearing the liṅga’s name destroys sins of three births; the scene conveys a wave of sonic sanctity, as if the name itself radiates light.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine names are purifying; sincere hearing/remembrance of a sacred liṅga’s name can eradicate deep karmic impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ratneśvara liṅga tradition in Kāśī is being introduced through its name-hearing benefit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-śravaṇa (hearing the sacred name) is presented as spiritually efficacious.