Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

प्रत्येकं महिमानं मे ब्रूह्येषां भुवनेश्वर । चतुर्दशानां लिंगानां श्रवणादघहारिणाम्

Transliteration

pratyekaṃ mahimānaṃ me brūhyeṣāṃ bhuvaneśvara | caturdaśānāṃ liṃgānāṃ śravaṇādaghahāriṇām

Translation

„O Herr der Welten, verkünde mir die Größe eines jeden dieser vierzehn Liṅgas, deren bloßes Hören die Sünde hinwegtilgt.“

Word by Word

• प्रत्येकम्: individually/each
• प्रत्येकम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• महिमानम्: greatness
• महिमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; enclitic

• ब्रूहि: tell
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• भुवनेश्वर: O Lord of the world
• भुवनेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भुवनस्य ईश्वरः)

• चतुर्दशानाम्: of the fourteen
• चतुर्दशानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; संख्या-विशेषण

• लिङ्गानाम्: of the liṅgas
• लिङ्गानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• श्रवणात्: from hearing
• श्रवणात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अघहारिणाम्: of (those) that remove sin
• अघहारिणाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अघ + हारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; बहुवचन-विशेषण (लिङ्गानाम्) ; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अघस्य हारिणः)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caturdaśa-liṅga-s of Kāśī (set of fourteen)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Bhūvaneśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī requests a detailed account of the greatness of each of the fourteen liṅga-s, emphasizing that mere hearing destroys sin; the scene suggests an impending enumerative sacred map.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śiva (Bhuvaneśvara)
• Kāśī (context)
• Fourteen Liṅgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of sacred narratives itself is a purifying practice that removes sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s liṅga-circuit (the fourteen liṅgas) within Vārāṇasī’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the māhātmya of the liṅgas—is identified as sin-destroying.