Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

त्रिविष्टपं महादेवं ततो वै कृत्तिवाससम् । रत्नेशं चाथ चंद्रेशं केदारं च ततो व्रजेत्

Transliteration

triviṣṭapaṃ mahādevaṃ tato vai kṛttivāsasam | ratneśaṃ cātha caṃdreśaṃ kedāraṃ ca tato vrajet

Translation

Dann soll man zu Triviṣṭapa Mahādeva gehen und danach zu Kṛttivāsa. Als Nächstes gehe man zu Ratneśa, dann zu Candraśa und darauf weiter nach Kedāra.

Word by Word

• त्रिविष्टपम्: Triviṣṭapa (name of a shrine/deity)
• त्रिविष्टपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; देवस्थान/शिवलिङ्ग-नाम

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे (then/thereafter)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कृत्तिवाससम्: Kṛttivāsas (Śiva)
• कृत्तिवाससम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + वासस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘कृत्तिः वासो यस्य सः’ (one whose garment is a skin)

• रत्नेशम्: Ratneśa
• रत्नेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रत्नानाम् ईशः)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Adverbial (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/next)

• चन्द्रेशम्: Candreśa
• चन्द्रेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चन्द्रस्य ईशः)

• केदारम्: Kedāra
• केदारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तीर्थ/लिङ्ग-नाम

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे (thereafter)

• व्रजेत्: should go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly as Skanda teaching Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa Mahādeva → Kṛttivāsa → Ratneśa → Candraśa → Kedāra (Kāśī circuit segment)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A continuous procession through Kāśī lanes: five shrine doorways appear in sequence, each with a distinct emblem—Triviṣṭapa with celestial motifs, Kṛttivāsa with tiger-skin iconography, Ratneśa with jewel imagery, Candraśa with moon crest, Kedāra with Himalayan association—while the pilgrim offers water and bilva at each stop.

Characters & Entities

• Triviṣṭapa Mahādeva
• Kṛttivāsa
• Ratneśa
• Candreśa
• Kedāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s merit is accessed through an ordered circuit of liṅga-darśana, treating the city as a living mandala of Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sequence of Kāśī Śiva-shrines: Triviṣṭapa Mahādeva, Kṛttivāsa, Ratneśa, Candreśa, and Kedāra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Follow the prescribed visitation order (yātrā-krama) to these named liṅgas.