Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

काश्यां दास्यत्यभीष्टानि भक्तानां चिंतितान्यहो । अस्मिंल्लिंगे सदा वीर स्थास्याम्यद्यदिनावधि

Transliteration

kāśyāṃ dāsyatyabhīṣṭāni bhaktānāṃ ciṃtitānyaho | asmiṃlliṃge sadā vīra sthāsyāmyadyadināvadhi

Translation

„In Kāśī wird er den Verehrern die ersehnten Gaben gewähren—ja selbst die Ziele, die sie im Herzen hegen. Und in diesem Liṅga, o Held, werde ich von heute an für immer weilen.“

Word by Word

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• दास्यति: will give
• दास्यति: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु, दाने)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन

• अभीष्टानि: desired boons
• अभीष्टानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक/क्त कृदन्त from इष्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन (Plural)

• भक्तानाम्: of devotees
• भक्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• चिन्तितानि: thought of, wished for
• चिन्तितानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; बहुवचन; विशेषण (अभीष्टानि इति विशेष्यस्य)

• अहो: ah!/indeed!
• अहो: Exclamation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मयादिबोधक उद्गार (interjection)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; विशेषण

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th); एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb)

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• स्थास्यामि: I will remain/stand
• स्थास्यामि: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st); एकवचन

• अद्य: today/from today
• अद्य: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• दिन: of the day
• दिन: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• अवधि: until the end (as limit)
• अवधि: Kālādhi karaṇa (Limit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दिनस्य अवधिः); पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (meaning 'until')

Speaker

Śiva (as Liṅga)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vīra-Vīreśvara (in Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva promises that the liṅga in Kāśī grants devotees their cherished desires; the liṅga is shown as a living presence, with devotees offering bilva and water, faces lit by hope and reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kāśī
• Vīra-Vīreśvara Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is portrayed as a living field of grace where Śiva responds to devotion and sincere inner aspiration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), centered on the Vīra-Vīreśvara Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit worship/approach to the Liṅga as the means for receiving desired boons; no single rite is specified.