Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

तत्र स्वप्नेश्वरं लिंगं देवीं स्वप्नेश्वरीं तथा । स्नात्वासिसंगमे पुण्ये यस्मिन्कस्मिंस्तिथावपि

Transliteration

tatra svapneśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ devīṃ svapneśvarīṃ tathā | snātvāsisaṃgame puṇye yasminkasmiṃstithāvapi

Translation

Dort soll man den Liṅga des Svapneśvara verehren und ebenso die Göttin Svapneśvarī. Nachdem man am heiligen Asi-saṅgama gebadet hat, an welchem tithi auch immer, wird man zu dieser Verehrung befähigt.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्वप्नेश्वरम्: Svapneśvara
• स्वप्नेश्वरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of liṅga/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वप्नस्य ईश्वरः)

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

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• स्वप्नेश्वरीम्: Svapneśvarī
• स्वप्नेश्वरीम्: Visheshana (Appositional qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वप्नस्य ईश्वरी)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘likewise/also’

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having bathed’

• असिसंगमे: at the confluence of the Asi (river)
• असिसंगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (असेः संगमः)

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in the holy (place)’ (agreeing with संगमे)

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Relative locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक ‘in which’

• कस्मिन्: in any (whatsoever)
• कस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Indefinite locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक ‘in any’

• तिथौ: on a lunar day
• तिथौ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘on (any) lunar day’

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), ‘even/also/any’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Asi-saṅgama (Assi–Gaṅgā confluence)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dawn at Asi-saṅgama: pilgrims bathing where the Asi meets the Gaṅgā; nearby, a small shrine with Svapneśvara Liṅga and Svapneśvarī; lamps float on the river; worship follows immediately after snāna.

Characters & Entities

• Svapneśvara Liṅga
• Svapneśvarī
• Asi-saṅgama
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s tīrthas and shrines work together: purification by snāna supports fruitful darśana and worship of Śiva and Devī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Asi-saṅgama in Kāśī, along with the Svapneśvara Liṅga and Svapneśvarī shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Asi-saṅgama, followed by worship of Svapneśvara Liṅga and Svapneśvarī—permitted on any tithi.