Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

तस्य लिंगस्य ये भक्तास्ते तु देहावसानतः । त्र्यक्षा एव प्रजायंते नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

tasya liṃgasya ye bhaktāste tu dehāvasānataḥ | tryakṣā eva prajāyaṃte nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

Die Verehrer jenes Liṅga werden, wenn der Leib endet, wahrlich als Tryakṣas wiedergeboren; daran ist nicht zu zweifeln.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• भक्ताः: devotees
• भक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √भज् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• देहावसानतः: from (the time of) the end of the body; after death
• देहावसानतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक) + अवसान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; तत्पुरुषसमास: देहस्य अवसानम् → देहावसानतः = देहान्तात् (from the end of the body)

• त्र्यक्षाः: Tryakṣas (beings of that class)
• त्र्यक्षाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्र्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• एव: only / indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (restrictive particle)

• प्रजायन्ते: are born / come to be
• प्रजायन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अत्र: here / in this matter
• अत्र: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here/in this matter)

• कार्या: to be done / necessary
• कार्या: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ + यत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done)

• विचारणा: consideration / deliberation
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tryakṣeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary sequence: a devotee worshipping Tryakṣeśvara; then, at death’s threshold, the soul is welcomed by gaṇas and assumes a gaṇa-like form—becoming ‘Tryakṣa’—in Śiva’s retinue.

Characters & Entities

• Tryakṣeśvara (implied by ‘that liṅga’)
• Tryakṣa (state/form)
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Śiva’s liṅga reshapes destiny beyond death, granting a Śaiva, ‘three-eyed’ proximity to the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga previously mentioned: Tryakṣeśvara in the Trilocana precinct of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sustained bhakti toward that liṅga; the verse emphasizes the assured fruit rather than a specific ritual step.