Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

महालिंगं समभ्यर्च्य महाश्रद्धासमन्वितः । महतीं श्रियमाप्नोति लोकेत्र च परत्र च

Transliteration

mahāliṃgaṃ samabhyarcya mahāśraddhāsamanvitaḥ | mahatīṃ śriyamāpnoti loketra ca paratra ca

Translation

En adorant le Mahāliṅga avec une grande foi, on obtient une vaste prospérité et splendeur, en ce monde comme dans l’au-delà.

Word by Word

• महालिङ्गम्: the great liṅga
• महालिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + अभि + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: अर्च्-धातोः ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive); ‘having duly worshipped’

• महाश्रद्धासमन्वितः: endowed with great faith
• महाश्रद्धासमन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + श्रद्धा + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (महती श्रद्धा यस्य/येन समन्वितः); विशेषणम् (कर्ता)

• महतीम्: great
• महतीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (श्रियम्)

• श्रियम्: prosperity, fortune
• श्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• इत्र: here (in this life)
• इत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘here’ अर्थे (adverbial particle, in this world)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• परत्र: in the hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (adverb: in the other world/after death)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāliṅga (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee with folded hands worships the Mahāliṅga with intense faith; offerings arranged neatly; a subtle split-scene symbolism: one side shows household prosperity (grain, lamps, family well-being), the other shows a luminous path upward (afterlife auspiciousness).

Characters & Entities

• Mahāliṅga
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith-filled worship (śraddhā) in Kāśī’s great liṅga is said to harmonize worldly well-being with spiritual welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahāliṅga shrine in Kāśī (introduced as a manifestation connected with Sthaleśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samabhyarcana—devout worship of the Mahāliṅga with mahā-śraddhā.