Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

बृहस्पतीश्वरं लिंगं रुद्रकुंडाच्च पश्चिमे । गुरुपुष्यसमायोगे दृष्ट्वा दिव्यां लभेद्गिरम्

Transliteration

bṛhaspatīśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ rudrakuṃḍācca paścime | gurupuṣyasamāyoge dṛṣṭvā divyāṃ labhedgiram

Translation

To the west of Rudra-kuṇḍa is the liṅga of Bṛhaspatīśvara. When Jupiter and Puṣya are in conjunction, by beholding it one obtains divine speech.

Word by Word

• बृहस्पतीश्वरम्: Bṛhaspatīśvara (name of the liṅga)
• बृहस्पतीश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — लिङ्गस्य नाम; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: बृहस्पतेः ईश्वरः

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — कर्म (with दृष्ट्वा)

• रुद्रकुण्डात्: from Rudrakuṇḍa
• रुद्रकुण्डात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन — 'from Rudra-pond'; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• पश्चिमे: to the west
• पश्चिमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'in the west/western side'

• गुरुपुष्यसमायोगे: at the Guru–Puṣya conjunction
• गुरुपुष्यसमायोगे: Adhikarana (Time/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + पुष्य + समायोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — 'at the conjunction of Guru and Puṣya'; समासः (गुरु-पुष्य) + समायोगः

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — 'having seen'

• दिव्याम्: divine
• दिव्याम्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — विशेषणम् (गिरम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'would obtain/should obtain'

• गिरम्: speech/utterance
• गिरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — कर्म

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bṛhaspatīśvara-liṅga (west of Rudra-kuṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga shrine labeled Bṛhaspatīśvara with a subtle Jupiter icon (yellow hue, guru staff) in the aura; Rudra-kuṇḍa nearby; sky shows auspicious alignment; a scholar-devotee receives a radiant ‘speech’ motif (golden syllables).

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspatīśvara Liṅga
• Rudra-kuṇḍa
• Guru (Jupiter)
• Puṣya nakṣatra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred vision (darśana) aligned with auspicious cosmic timing is said to refine one’s inner and outer expression into ‘divine speech’.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bṛhaspatīśvara Liṅga, located west of Rudra-kuṇḍa in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana of Bṛhaspatīśvara specifically during the Guru–Puṣya conjunction for the boon of exalted speech.