Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

आविरासीदिह महत्पुष्करेण सहैव तु । मत्स्योदर्युत्तरेभागे दृष्ट्वा ऽयोगंधमीश्वरम्

Transliteration

āvirāsīdiha mahatpuṣkareṇa sahaiva tu | matsyodaryuttarebhāge dṛṣṭvā 'yogaṃdhamīśvaram

Translation

Es erschien hier zusammen mit dem großen Puṣkara. Im nördlichen Teil von Matsyodarī wird, wer den Herrn Ayogaṃdha erblickt, mit Segen erfüllt.

Word by Word

• आविरासीत्: appeared, became manifest
• आविरासीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आविर् (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थः—प्रादुर्भूतः अभवत्

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• महत्-पुष्करेण: with the great Puṣkara (lake/place)
• महत्-पुष्करेण: Sahakarana/Instrument (Instrument/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् पुष्करम्)

• सह: with
• सह: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (postposition ‘with’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• तु: but, and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (contrastive particle)

• मत्स्योदरी-उत्तरे-भागे: in the northern part of Matsyodarī
• मत्स्योदरी-उत्तरे-भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्योदरी (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मत्स्योदर्याः उत्तरो भागः)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having seen)

• अयोगंधम्: Ayogaṃdha (named)
• अयोगंधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयोगंध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord
• ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayogaṃdheśvara at Matsyodarī (northern part)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kāśī neighborhood shrine near a waterbody/kuṇḍa named Matsyodarī; signifiers of ‘north’ (uttara) like a compass motif; Ayogaṃdheśvara-liṅga revealed as if newly manifested, with Puṣkara’s lotus-lake aura accompanying it.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• Matsyodarī
• Ayogaṃdha (Ayogaṃdheśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places in Kāśī are presented as manifestations linked to other famed tīrthas, making local darśana highly fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayogaṃdha (Ayogaṃdheśvara) in the northern part of Matsyodarī in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Ayogaṃdheśvara at the specified location is implied as the practice.