Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

यातास्वस्मासु हृष्टासु भवती शयगौरवात् । अहो रत्नेश्वरं लिंगं प्रत्यक्षीकृतवत्यसि

Transliteration

yātāsvasmāsu hṛṣṭāsu bhavatī śayagauravāt | aho ratneśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ pratyakṣīkṛtavatyasi

Translation

Quand nous nous en fûmes, toutes réjouies, tu restas en arrière, alourdie par le sommeil. Ah ! Tu as rendu manifeste, sous tes yeux, le liṅga de Ratneśvara.

Word by Word

• यातासु: when (we) had gone
• यातासु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; ‘यातासु’ (when (we) had gone)

• अस्मासु: (with) us / among us
• अस्मासु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, बहुवचन (Locative plural)

• हृष्टासु: being delighted
• हृष्टासु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; ‘being delighted’ (locative absolute qualifier)

• भवती: you (lady)
• भवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; आदरार्थे (honorific ‘you’, feminine)

• शय-गौरवात्: due to heaviness of sleep
• शय-गौरवात्: Apadana (Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय (प्रातिपदिक) + गौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (गौरव), पञ्चमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘शयस्य गौरवम्’ (heaviness of sleep)

• अहो: ah! / behold!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयादि-बोधक अव्ययम् (exclamation)

• रत्नेश्वरम्: Ratneśvara
• रत्नेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्नेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: रत्न + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘रत्नानाम् ईश्वरः’

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रत्यक्षी-कृतवती: have made visible / have beheld
• प्रत्यक्षी-कृतवती: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रत्यक्षी-√कृ (धातु) + क्तवतु (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (perfect participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having made (it) manifest/seen’

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (are)

Speaker

Friends of the maiden (within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Friends return delighted; the heroine, heavy with sleep, remained—yet she has made Ratneśvara liṅga manifest before her eyes; astonishment and reverence fill the space.

Characters & Entities

• Ratneśvara-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion culminates in pratyakṣa-anubhava—direct experience of the deity, not merely ritual formality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratneśvara Liṅga in Kāśī, presented as capable of granting direct divine manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it highlights the fruit of worship—darśana/pratyakṣatā of Ratneśvara.