Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तारकेशात्पश्चिमत इंद्रेश्वरमितीरितम् । तस्य संदर्शनात्पुंसामैंद्रलोको न दूरतः

Transliteration

tārakeśātpaścimata iṃdreśvaramitīritam | tasya saṃdarśanātpuṃsāmaiṃdraloko na dūrataḥ

Translation

To the west of Tārakeśa is proclaimed the shrine called Indreśvara. By merely beholding it, for men the world of Indra is not far away.

Word by Word

• tārakeśāt: from Tārakeśa
• tārakeśāt: Apādāna (Point of reference/‘from’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tārakeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Pañcamī (5th/अपादान), Ekavacana

• paścimataḥ: to the west (of it)
• paścimataḥ: Deśa-nirdeśa (Directional adjunct)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paścima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/Napuṃsaka, Pañcamī (5th) Ekavacana; adverbial usage ‘to the west/from the west side’

• iṃdreśvaram: Indreśvara
• iṃdreśvaram: Saṃjñā/Predicate (Name designation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā/Dvitīyā (context: predicate name; here as quoted appellation), Ekavacana

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyopasaṃhāra (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotative particle

• īritam: is said/was called
• īritam: Kriyā (Predicative passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īr (धातु) ; īrita (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Napuṃsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; impersonal passive sense ‘is said/called’

• tasya: of it/of that (liṅga)
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Puṃliṅga/Napuṃsaka, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/सम्बन्ध), Ekavacana

• saṃdarśanāt: from seeing (it)
• saṃdarśanāt: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdarśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Pañcamī (5th/हेतु-अपादान), Ekavacana

• puṃsām: of men/people
• puṃsām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṃs (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/सम्बन्ध), Bahuvacana

• aiṃdralokaḥ: Indra’s world (heaven)
• aiṃdralokaḥ: Kartā/Phala (Result as subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aindra (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya-samāsa (‘aindra’ as adjective of ‘loka’); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; negation particle

• dūrataḥ: far/at a distance
• dūrataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūratas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (distance)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indreśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches the Indreśvara liṅga shrine situated west of Tārakeśa; the city lanes open into a small sanctum where the liṅga radiates, and a faint vision of Amarāvatī appears as a promised fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Tārakeśa
• Indreśvara
• Indraloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of Kāśī’s liṅgas is itself a powerful sādhanā, granting exalted post-mortem destinations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indreśvara in Kāśī, located west of Tārakeśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃdarśana (pilgrimage-darśana) of Indreśvara is highlighted as the key act.