Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ततः कुब्जा जगन्माता नलकूवरलिंगतः । पूजनीया पुरोभागे प्रपितामहपश्चिमे

Transliteration

tataḥ kubjā jaganmātā nalakūvaraliṃgataḥ | pūjanīyā purobhāge prapitāmahapaścime

Translation

Después, Kūbjā —la Madre del mundo— debe ser adorada al frente, en relación con el liṅga de Nalakūvara, en el lado occidental del recinto de Prapitāmaha.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), क्रम/अनन्तरार्थ (thereafter/from there)

• कुब्जा: Kubjā (a goddess/figure named Kubjā)
• कुब्जा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुब्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जगन्माता: mother of the world
• जगन्माता: Karta (Apposition/epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतो माता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कुब्जा इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नलकूवरलिङ्गतः: from/near the Nalakūvara-liṅga
• नलकूवरलिङ्गतः: Apādāna (Reference point/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नलकूवर (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नलकूवरस्य लिङ्गम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; स्थान-निर्देशे 'from/near'

• पूजनीया: worthy to be worshipped
• पूजनीया: Kriyā (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: अनीयर् (gerundive/future passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be worshipped)

• पुरोभागे: in the front part
• पुरोभागे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (पुरः + भाग); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• प्रपितामहपश्चिमे: to the west of (the shrine of) Prapitāmaha
• प्रपितामहपश्चिमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक) + पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (प्रपितामहस्य पश्चिमः/पश्चिमे); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kūbjā (Jagन्माता) near Nalakūvara-liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience via the narrative interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrow Kāśī lane opens to a small shrine of Kūbjā (Jagन्माता); nearby stands the Nalakūvara-liṅga; pilgrims pause to worship, with the Prapitāmaha zone implied to the east.

Characters & Entities

• Kūbjā Devī
• Nalakūvara-liṅga
• Prapitāmaha (liṅga/area)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is presented as a sacred itinerary: honoring Devī and Śiva-liṅgas in prescribed spatial order harmonizes devotion with place-power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kūbjā Devī connected with the Nalakūvara-liṅga, positioned with reference to the Prapitāmaha shrine in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Kūbjā Devī at the specified location relative to Nalakūvara-liṅga and Prapitāmaha.