Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

समर्च्य शांभवं लिंगमपिजन्मशतार्जितम् । पापपुंजं जहात्येव पुमानत्र क्षणाद्ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

samarcya śāṃbhavaṃ liṃgamapijanmaśatārjitam | pāpapuṃjaṃ jahātyeva pumānatra kṣaṇāddhruvam

Translation

En vénérant ici le liṅga de Śāmbhava, l’homme, assurément, rejette en un instant l’amas des péchés amassés même durant cent naissances.

Word by Word

• समर्च्य: having worshipped
• समर्च्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• शाम्भवम्: belonging to Śambhu; Śaiva
• शाम्भवम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् लिङ्गस्य

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-निपात (particle: even/also)

• जन्म-शत-अर्जितम्: acquired over a hundred births
• जन्म-शत-अर्जितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: जन्मशतेन अर्जितम् (acquired over a hundred births)

• पाप-पुञ्जम्: a heap of sins
• पाप-पुञ्जम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + पुञ्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: पापानां पुञ्जः

• जहाति: abandons/gives up
• जहाति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nishchaya/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• पुमान्: a man/person
• पुमान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• क्षणात्: in a moment; instantly
• क्षणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular)

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverbial use of neuter accusative)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śāmbhava-liṅga in Kāśī (as referenced)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee worships the Śāmbhava liṅga; dark smoke-like ‘pāpa’ dissolves instantly into light; the sanctum glows as if cleansing generations of burden.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śambhu)
• Śāmbhava-liṅga
• Kāśī (implied by section)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace in Kāśī is portrayed as immediate and transformative: liṅga worship destroys even long-accumulated karmic impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, where Śāmbhava-liṅga worship is said to grant instant purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samarcana—worship/arcana of the Śāmbhava liṅga.