Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

कृत्तिवासेश्वरे लिंगे स्थास्येहं तदनुग्रहे । दशकोटिसहस्राणि तीर्थानि प्रतिवासरम्

Transliteration

kṛttivāseśvare liṃge sthāsyehaṃ tadanugrahe | daśakoṭisahasrāṇi tīrthāni prativāsaram

Translation

Par sa grâce, Je demeurerai ici dans le liṅga de Kṛttivāseśvara ; et chaque jour, des dizaines de millions de tīrtha sont présents en ce lieu.

Word by Word

• कृत्तिवासेश्वरे: in (the) Kṛttivāseśvara
• कृत्तिवासेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्तिवास + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृत्तिवासस्य ईश्वरः)

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• स्थास्ये: I shall remain/stand
• स्थास्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक सर्वनाम

• तत्: his/that
• तत्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन-सम्बन्धार्थे (in compound)

• अनुग्रहे: by/through (his) grace
• अनुग्रहे: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण/हेतौ (locative: in/through favor)

• दशकोटिसहस्राणि: ten crores of thousands (i.e., innumerable)
• दशकोटिसहस्राणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश + कोटि + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक)

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage-places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (as subject of implied 'are')

• प्रतिवासरम्: every day
• प्रतिवासरम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय) + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययत्वेन प्रयोगः (adverbial: each day)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from first-person divine assertion in Kāśī Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśvara (Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī or the immediate Kāśīkhaṇḍa interlocutor (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Śiva-liṅga labeled Kṛttivāseśvara, with subtle aura suggesting Śiva’s abiding; around it, miniature symbolic tīrthas (rivers, confluences, sacred ponds) appear as emanations, indicating 'ten million tīrthas daily'.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛttivāseśvara
• Liṅga
• Tīrthas
• Kāśī (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṛttivāseśvara is proclaimed as a concentrated seat of divine presence and tīrtha-power, accessible every day.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛttivāseśvara Liṅga in Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship/visitation of the Kṛttivāseśvara liṅga, since it is said to host innumerable tīrthas daily.