Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

दर्शनात्स्पर्शनात्तस्य पूजनाच्छ्रवणान्नतेः । वृद्धकालेशलिंगस्य सर्वं प्राप्नोति वांछितम्

Transliteration

darśanātsparśanāttasya pūjanācchravaṇānnateḥ | vṛddhakāleśaliṃgasya sarvaṃ prāpnoti vāṃchitam

Translation

En le contemplant, en le touchant, en l’adorant, en entendant parler de lui et en se prosternant devant lui, par le Liṅga de Vṛddhakāleśa on obtient tout ce que l’on désire.

Word by Word

• दर्शनात्: from seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ (from seeing)

• स्पर्शनात्: from touching
• स्पर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ (from touching)

• तस्य: of it/of that (liṅga)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• पूजनात्: from worshipping
• पूजनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ (from worship)

• श्रवणात्: from hearing
• श्रवणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ (from hearing)

• नतेः: from bowing
• नतेः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/पञ्चमी (6/5), एकवचन; अत्र हेत्वर्थे पञ्चमी-सम्भावना (from bowing)

• वृद्धकालेशलिङ्गस्य: of the Vṛddhakāleśa-liṅga
• वृद्धकालेशलिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धकालेश-लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वाञ्छितम्: desired
• वाञ्छितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छ् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘desired’ (qualifies सर्वम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛddhakāleśvara

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like composition around the liṅga: devotees in five vignettes—one gazing (darśana), one touching reverently (sparśa), one offering bilva and water (pūjā), one listening to a reciter (śravaṇa), and one prostrating (nati). The liṅga radiates calm power, granting iṣṭa-siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛddhakāleśa
• Vṛddhakāleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Multiple modes of devotion—seeing, touching, worshiping, listening, and bowing—are all spiritually efficacious in a great tirtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vṛddhakāleśa/Vṛddhakāleśvara Liṅga in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (viewing), sparśa (touching), pūjā (worship), śravaṇa (hearing its māhātmya), and namaskāra (prostration).