Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

ज्ञानोदतीर्थभजनात्सा सुशीला कुमाग्किा । बहिरंतस्तदाऽद्राक्षीत्सर्वलिंगमयं जगत

Transliteration

jñānodatīrthabhajanātsā suśīlā kumāgkiा | bahiraṃtastadā'drākṣītsarvaliṃgamayaṃ jagata

Translation

Par le culte rendu au Jñānoda Tīrtha, la jeune Suśīlā perçut alors—au dedans comme au dehors—que le monde entier était imprégné de la nature du liṅga de Śiva, le Signe du Seigneur.

Word by Word

• ज्ञानोदतीर्थभजनात्: from (her) worship at the knowledge-giving tīrtha
• ज्ञानोदतीर्थभजनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान-उद (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + भजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष = ‘ज्ञानोद-तीर्थ’ (the ford/holy place of the flood of knowledge) + ‘भजन’ (worship/attendance) → ‘...भजनात्’ = from/through worship

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुशीला: virtuous
• सुशीला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-शील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कुमाग्किआ: (text corrupt) possibly ‘one who had gone to the wrong path’
• कुमाग्किआ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कु-मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + इव/आ (पाठभेद-सूचक)
• Form: पाठे ‘कुमाग्किा’ अस्पष्ट/दूषित; सम्भाव्यः ‘कुमार्गिका’ (स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन) = कुमार्गे गच्छन्ती/कुमार्गसम्बद्धा; विशेषण

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Desha (Location/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = outside

• अन्तः: inside
• अन्तः: Desha (Location/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = inside

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• अद्राक्षीत्: saw
• अद्राक्षीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वलिङ्गमयम्: consisting of all forms
• सर्वलिङ्गमयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष = ‘सर्व-लिङ्ग’ (all forms/marks) + ‘मय’ (consisting of)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda addressing Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jñānoda Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (traditional frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the Jñānoda Tīrtha, Suśīlā worships; her vision expands—trees, people, river, sky all shimmer as liṅga-forms, a cosmic Śiva-pervasion revealed within and without.

Characters & Entities

• Suśīlā
• Jñānoda Tīrtha
• Śiva (implied by liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-sevā awakens jñāna: one comes to perceive Śiva’s presence everywhere, inwardly and outwardly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jñānoda Tīrtha (a sacred ford/shrine within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa sacred geography of Kāśī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhajana/sevā (devotional worship/observance) of Jñānoda Tīrtha is implied as the practice producing spiritual vision.