Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ततो वीरेश्वराख्यानं वीरेश महिमा पुनः । गंगातीर्थैश्च संयुक्ता कामेश महिमा ततः

Transliteration

tato vīreśvarākhyānaṃ vīreśa mahimā punaḥ | gaṃgātīrthaiśca saṃyuktā kāmeśa mahimā tataḥ

Translation

Dann wird die Erzählung von Vīreśvara dargelegt und erneut der Ruhm Vīreśas; darauf, verbunden mit den Tīrthas der Gaṅgā, folgt die Größe Kāmeśas.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तर (then)

• वीरेश्वर: Vīreśvara (proper name)
• वीरेश्वर: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: वीराणाम् ईश्वरः (Lord of heroes); (in compound with आख्यानम्)

• आख्यानम्: account of Vīreśvara
• आख्यानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + ख्या (धातु) → आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: वीरेश्वरस्य आख्यानम्

• वीरेश: O Vīreśa
• वीरेश: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: वीराणाम् ईशः (O Lord of heroes)

• महिमा: glory
• महिमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/क्रमसूचक (again)

• गंगा: Gaṅgā
• गंगा: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; (in compound with तीर्थैः)

• तीर्थैः: with sacred places/fords
• तीर्थैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: गङ्गायाः तीर्थैः (with the Gaṅgā’s sacred fords)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• संयुक्ता: joined; associated
• संयुक्ता: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) → संयुक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (implied subject: महिमा/कथा etc.)

• कामेश: Kāmeśa (proper name)
• कामेश: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: कामस्य ईशः (Kāmeśa)

• महिमा: glory
• महिमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: कामेशस्य महिमा (glory of Kāmeśa)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तर (then)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vīreśvara/Vīreśa; Kāmeśa (Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kāśī riverscape where pilgrims move from a Vīreśvara shrine to Gaṅgā ghāṭas and onward to Kāmeśa, with priests performing ārati and devotees doing pradakṣiṇā.

Characters & Entities

• Vīreśvara/Vīreśa
• Gaṅgā
• Gaṅgā tīrthas
• Kāmeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s presence in Kāśī is experienced through multiple liṅgas and Gaṅgā-tīrthas; sacred waters and sacred icons jointly amplify pilgrimage merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vīreśvara/Vīreśa and Kāmeśa, especially in association with the Gaṅgā tīrthas of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; implied practices include Gaṅgā-snān and liṅga-darśana as part of Kāśī pilgrimage.