Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

रुद्राणां कोटिजप्येन यत्फलं परिकीर्तितम् । तत्फलं लभ्यते देवि रत्नेशस्य समर्चनात्

Transliteration

rudrāṇāṃ koṭijapyena yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam | tatphalaṃ labhyate devi ratneśasya samarcanāt

Translation

Ô Devī, le fruit proclamé pour dix millions de récitations du mantra de Rudra, ce même fruit s’obtient en adorant comme il se doit Ratneśa.

Word by Word

• rudrāṇām: of the Rudras
• rudrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन (plural)

• koṭi-japyena: by (means of) a crore-fold japa
• koṭi-japyena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi + japya (कृदन्त; √jap धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भावार्थः: ‘कोट्या जप्यम्’ इति (a japa of a crore)

• yat-phalam: whatever fruit (result)
• yat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुषः (yad eva phalam)

• parikīrtitam: has been proclaimed
• parikīrtitam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + kīrt (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• tat-phalam: that fruit
• tat-phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• labhyate: is obtained
• labhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• ratneśasya: of Ratneśa
• ratneśasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ratnānām īśaḥ)

• sam-arcanāt: from proper worship
• sam-arcanāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sam + arcana (प्रातिपदिक; √arc धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन (singular); अपादानार्थः (source/cause)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers flowers and bilva to Ratneśa; behind, a symbolic visualization of ‘ten million japa’ appears as a cascade of mantra syllables dissolving into the liṅga’s radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Rudra-japa
• Ratneśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kāśī, sincere shrine-worship can concentrate the fruits of long austerities and massive mantra-repetition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratneśvara (Ratneśa) Liṅga in Avimukta Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samarcana (proper worship) of Ratneśa; it is compared to koṭi-japa of Rudra.