Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

गोव्याघ्रे श्वर तीर्थं च ततोप्यधिकमेव हि । स्वभाववैरमुत्सृज्य यत्रोभौ सिद्धिमापतुः

Transliteration

govyāghre śvara tīrthaṃ ca tatopyadhikameva hi | svabhāvavairamutsṛjya yatrobhau siddhimāpatuḥ

Translation

Dann folgt das Govyāghreśvara-Tīrtha — wahrlich noch erhabener als das vorherige. Dort, nachdem sie ihre natürliche Feindschaft abgelegt hatten, erlangten beide geistige Vollendung.

Word by Word

• गोव्याघ्रेश्वरतीर्थम्: (the) Govyāghreśvara Tīrtha
• गोव्याघ्रेश्वरतीर्थम्: विशेष्य/नाम (Appositional name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + व्याघ्र + ईश्वर + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (tīrtha-name)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• ततः: than that; thereafter
• ततः: तुलना/क्रम
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘than that/thereafter’ (contextual)

• अपि: even
• अपि: अधिक्य-बल (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: ‘also/even’)

• अधिकम्: greater
• अधिकम्: विशेषण (of tīrtha)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण (‘greater’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: अवधारण (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (restrictive particle)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: हेतु/समर्थन (justification)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ-निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• स्वभाववैरम्: natural enmity
• स्वभाववैरम्: कर्म (Object of gerund-action)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वभाव + वैर (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned
• उत्सृज्य: पूर्वकालक्रिया (absolutive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्-√सृज् (धातु) → उत्सृज्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having abandoned’

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• उभौ: both (of them)
• उभौ: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• सिद्धिम्: success, attainment
• सिद्धिम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• आपतुः: they two attained
• आपतुः: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Govyāghreśvara Tīrtha

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sage/assembly in Kāśī-māhātmya frame (not specified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a Śiva-tīrtha, a cow and a tiger (natural enemies) stand peacefully side by side near the water, both calm; a Govyāghreśvara liṅga shrine is adorned with bilva and lamps, symbolizing the triumph over instinctive hostility.

Characters & Entities

• Gov yāghreśvara Tīrtha (Govyāghreśvara)
• Cow (go)
• Tiger (vyāghra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha transforms nature itself—hostility is relinquished and harmony becomes the path to siddhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Govyāghreśvara Tīrtha, praised as even more excellent than the preceding tīrtha in the sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s power to dissolve innate enmity and grant siddhi.