Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

त्रिविष्टपस्य लिंगस्य महिमोक्ताः पिनाकिना । जगज्जनन्याः पुरतो यथा वच्मि तथा मुने

Transliteration

triviṣṭapasya liṃgasya mahimoktāḥ pinākinā | jagajjananyāḥ purato yathā vacmi tathā mune

Translation

Die Größe des Triviṣṭapa-Liṅga wurde vom Bogen-Träger (Śiva) in Gegenwart der Mutter der Welt verkündet. O Weiser, ich werde es genau so berichten, wie es gesprochen wurde.

Word by Word

• त्रिविष्टपस्य: of Triviṣṭapa
• त्रिविष्टपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular (of Triviṣṭapa)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular

• महिमा: the greatness
• महिमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular

• उक्ताः: were spoken/told
• उक्ताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — 'were spoken' (agreeing with implied plural 'words/accounts')

• पिनाकिना: by Pinākin (Śiva)
• पिनाकिना: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद)

• जनन्याः: of the Mother of the world
• जनन्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular; जगत्+जननी = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (world-mother)

• पुरतः: in the presence of / before
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (in front of)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (as/how)

• वच्मि: I speak/tell
• वच्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन — present indicative, 1st singular

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तद्वत्-अर्थ (so/thus)

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

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa Liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni addressed in-text; ultimately the listening sages in the frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Pinākin) seated with Devī (Jagajjananī) in a divine assembly, gesturing as he explains the Triviṣṭapa liṅga’s greatness; sages listen in reverent silence.

Characters & Entities

• Triviṣṭapa Liṅga
• Śiva (Pinākin)
• Jagajjananī (Devī/Pārvatī)
• Agastya (listener implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmyas carry authority through faithful transmission; Skanda reports Śiva’s own praise of the Kāśī liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Triviṣṭapa Liṅga (Trilocana/Triviṣṭapa complex) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the forthcoming description of the liṅga’s mahimā.