Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

इदं पुण्यशरीरं ते क्षेत्रेस्मिन्मुक्तिसाधने । मम लिंगं भवत्वत्र सर्वेषांमुक्तिदायकम्

Transliteration

idaṃ puṇyaśarīraṃ te kṣetresminmuktisādhane | mama liṃgaṃ bhavatvatra sarveṣāṃmuktidāyakam

Translation

Ce corps tien, riche de mérite—dans ce kṣetra, moyen de délivrance—deviendra ici Mon liṅga, accordant la mokṣa à tous.

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun (this)

• puṇyaśarīram: holy body
• puṇyaśarīram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (puṇyaṃ śarīram)

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; possessive genitive (your)

• kṣetre: in the sacred place
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative (in the field/place)

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative (in this)

• muktisādhane: in the means of liberation
• muktisādhane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + sādhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mukteḥ sādhane)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive (my)

• liṅgam: liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• bhavatu: let it be
• bhavatu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; parasmaipada

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; deictic adverb (here)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; genitive (of all)

• muktidāyakam: granting liberation
• muktidāyakam: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + dāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mukteḥ dāyakam)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśvara (liṅga to be named in next verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis in the frame narrative (Naimiṣāraṇya) / internal Kāśī interlocutors as context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s boon transforms a devotee’s ‘puṇya-śarīra’ into a radiant liṅga within Kāśī’s mokṣa-kṣetra; devas and sages witness the consecration as liberation-light spreads outward.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Avimukta (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kāśī, Śiva’s grace transforms even mortal remains into a universal means of liberation through sacred presence (liṅga).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta/Kāśī as the mukti-sādhana kṣetra where a liṅga is established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, liṅga-darśana and liṅga-pūjā are upheld as liberating, though the formal steps are not detailed here.