Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा देयं यथाशक्ति वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः । दृष्ट्वा त्रिविष्टपं लिंगं समभ्यर्च्यातिभक्तितः

Transliteration

dattvā deyaṃ yathāśakti vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ | dṛṣṭvā triviṣṭapaṃ liṃgaṃ samabhyarcyātibhaktitaḥ

Translation

Having given what ought to be given according to one’s capacity, free from stinginess in wealth, and having beheld the heavenly Liṅga, one should worship it with intense devotion.

Word by Word

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त / Gerund: 'having given'

• देयम्: what is to be given (gift)
• देयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देय (कृदन्त; √दा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन / Neuter, Accusative singular

• यथा-शक्ति: according to one’s capacity
• यथा-शक्ति: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; परिमाण/रीतिवाचक अव्यय / Indeclinable: 'according to ability'

• वित्त-शाठ्य-विवर्जितः: free from deceit regarding wealth
• वित्त-शाठ्य-विवर्जितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + शाठ्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त; वि+√वृज्/√वर्ज्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन / Past participle used adjectivally, Masculine, Nominative singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त / Gerund: 'having seen'

• त्रि-विष्टपम्: heavenly; of the three worlds (triviṣṭapa)
• त्रि-विष्टपम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन / Neuter, Accusative singular (qualifying 'लिङ्गम्')

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन / Neuter, Accusative singular

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अभि + √अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त / Gerund: 'having worshipped'

• अति-भक्तितः: with great devotion
• अति-भक्तितः: Sambandha (Manner/Cause nuance/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (पञ्चमी-अर्थे) / Indeclinable ablatival adverb: 'out of great devotion'

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa Liṅga (associated with Trisrotas-Pilipilā circuit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant liṅga on a pedestal, adorned; pilgrims offering flowers and water; a donor placing gifts before a brāhmaṇa; the atmosphere suggests 'svarga' through luminous canopy and celestial motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Triviṣṭapa (Svarga/heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is completed by ethical giving and heartfelt devotion: dāna without miserliness and fervent liṅga-worship are central to Kāśī’s dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A celebrated Śiva-liṅga described as “Triviṣṭapa” (heavenly), within the Kāśī pilgrimage circuit of this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give charity according to means (without stinginess), then perform darśana and devoted worship (arcana) of the liṅga.