Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

त्रिविष्टपस्य लिंगस्य महिमोक्ताः पिनाकिना । जगज्जनन्याः पुरतो यथा वच्मि तथा मुने

Transliteration

triviṣṭapasya liṃgasya mahimoktāḥ pinākinā | jagajjananyāḥ purato yathā vacmi tathā mune

Translation

La grandeza del Liṅga de Triviṣṭapa fue proclamada por el Portador del arco (Śiva) en presencia de la Madre del mundo. Oh sabio, la relataré tal como fue dicha.

Word by Word

• त्रिविष्टपस्य: of Triviṣṭapa
• त्रिविष्टपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular (of Triviṣṭapa)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular

• महिमा: the greatness
• महिमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular

• उक्ताः: were spoken/told
• उक्ताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — 'were spoken' (agreeing with implied plural 'words/accounts')

• पिनाकिना: by Pinākin (Śiva)
• पिनाकिना: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद)

• जनन्याः: of the Mother of the world
• जनन्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular; जगत्+जननी = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (world-mother)

• पुरतः: in the presence of / before
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (in front of)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (as/how)

• वच्मि: I speak/tell
• वच्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन — present indicative, 1st singular

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तद्वत्-अर्थ (so/thus)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa Liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni addressed in-text; ultimately the listening sages in the frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Pinākin) seated with Devī (Jagajjananī) in a divine assembly, gesturing as he explains the Triviṣṭapa liṅga’s greatness; sages listen in reverent silence.

Characters & Entities

• Triviṣṭapa Liṅga
• Śiva (Pinākin)
• Jagajjananī (Devī/Pārvatī)
• Agastya (listener implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmyas carry authority through faithful transmission; Skanda reports Śiva’s own praise of the Kāśī liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Triviṣṭapa Liṅga (Trilocana/Triviṣṭapa complex) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the forthcoming description of the liṅga’s mahimā.