Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तदेव कामकृन्नृणां कामेश्वरमिहास्त्विति । यः प्रदोषे त्रयोदश्यां शनिवासरसंयुजि

Transliteration

tadeva kāmakṛnnṛṇāṃ kāmeśvaramihāstviti | yaḥ pradoṣe trayodaśyāṃ śanivāsarasaṃyuji

Translation

„Möge eben dieses (Liṅga) hier als ‚Kāmeśvara‘ weilen, der Erfüller menschlicher Wünsche. Und wer immer—zur Pradoṣa-Zeit, am dreizehnten Mondtag, wenn er mit einem Samstag zusammenfällt—“

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (restrictive particle)

• kāmakṛt: wish-fulfilling
• kāmakṛt: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma-kṛt (प्रातिपदिक; kāma + kṛt)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण — ‘wish-fulfilling’

• nṛṇām: of men
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• kāmeśvaram: Kāmeśvara (Lord of desire)
• kāmeśvaram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; kāma + īśvara)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सन्दर्भे प्रथमा (predicate nominative)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• pradoṣe: at twilight (pradoṣa)
• pradoṣe: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• trayodaśyām: on the thirteenth lunar day
• trayodaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayodaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• śanivāsara-saṃyuji: when it coincides with Saturday
• śanivāsara-saṃyuji: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śani-vāsara-saṃyuj (प्रातिपदिक; śani + vāsara + saṃyuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण — ‘when conjoined with Saturday’

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmeśvara-liṅga (associated with Kāmakūṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the Kāśī-māhātmya discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Twilight pradoṣa in Kāśī: devotees gather with lamps; the Kāmeśvara-liṅga is adorned with bilva and white flowers; Saturn’s austere influence is symbolized by dark-blue tones and disciplined worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kāmeśvara Liṅga
• Pradoṣa
• Trayodaśī
• Śanivāra (Saturday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right-timed devotion (especially pradoṣa) to Śiva in Kāśī is presented as a swift means to attain righteous desires and spiritual benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāmeśvara (the desire-fulfilling Śiva-liṅga) in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred map.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradoṣa observance on Trayodaśī, specifically when it coincides with Saturday, is highlighted as an auspicious time for worship.