Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यस्य संस्मरणादेव यल्लिंगस्य विलोकनात् । यल्लिंगप्रणतेश्चापि यस्य संस्पर्शनादपि

Transliteration

yasya saṃsmaraṇādeva yalliṃgasya vilokanāt | yalliṃgapraṇateścāpi yasya saṃsparśanādapi

Translation

That Liṅga—by mere remembrance of it, by beholding it, by bowing to it, and even by touching it—(one attains the highest benefit).

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (genitive)

• saṃsmaraṇāt: from recollection
• saṃsmaraṇāt: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃ-smaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + √smṛ (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थकः

• yat: of which
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधकं (relative)

• liṅgasya: of the liṅga
• liṅgasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• vilokanāt: from seeing
• vilokanāt: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi-lokana (प्रातिपदिक; वि + √lok (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे

• yat: of which
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधकं

• liṅgapraṇateḥ: of bowing to the liṅga
• liṅgapraṇateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga-praṇati (प्रातिपदिक; लिङ्ग + प्रणति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थकः

• api: also; even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-निपातः (also/even)

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• saṃsparśanāt: from touching
• saṃsparśanāt: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃ-sparśana (प्रातिपदिक; सम् + √spṛś (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे

• api: also; even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-निपातः

Speaker

Pārvatī (implicit continuation from 28.1–2)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandakānana-liṅga (to be identified)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A four-panel devotional sequence around a Kāśī liṅga: a devotee remembering, then seeing the liṅga, then bowing, then touching the liṅga with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Remembrance (saṁsmaraṇa)
• Darśana (vilokana)
• Praṇāma
• Sparśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional contact with the sacred—mental, visual, physical—are all honored as efficacious paths to merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A preeminent liṅga in Ānandakānana is being praised by its transformative modes of access.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (remembrance), Darśana (seeing), Praṇāma (bowing), and Sparśa (touching) are listed as devotional acts.