Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

तदिदं कामदं नाम लिगमस्त्विह धूर्जटे । इदं च पल्वलं मेत्र कामकुंडाख्यमस्तु वै

Transliteration

tadidaṃ kāmadaṃ nāma ligamastviha dhūrjaṭe | idaṃ ca palvalaṃ metra kāmakuṃḍākhyamastu vai

Translation

Ainsi, ô Dhūrjaṭi, que ce liṅga ici soit nommé «Kāmada», le Donateur des désirs. Et que cet étang, ô Ami, soit véritablement appelé «Kāmakūṇḍa».

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• kāmadam: wish-granting
• kāmadam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma-da (प्रातिपदिक; kāma + da)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• nāma: namely/indeed
• nāma: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle) — ‘indeed/namely’

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/विधिलिङ्-आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• dhūrjaṭe: O Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva)
• dhūrjaṭe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūrjaṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषनाम (epithet of Śiva)

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• palvalam: pond/pool
• palvalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: palvala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• metra: O friend (reading uncertain)
• metra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: metra (प्रातिपदिक; पाठभेद/अस्पष्ट)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; सम्भाव्य ‘mitra’ (O friend) इति पाठभेदः

• kāmakuṃḍākhyaḥ: named ‘Kāma-kuṇḍa’
• kāmakuṃḍākhyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma-kuṃḍa-ākhya (प्रातिपदिक; kāma + kuṃḍa + ākhya)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण — ‘named as’

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmakūṇḍa; Kāmada-liṅga

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience of the Kāśī-māhātmya discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage and Śiva (Dhūrjaṭi) in Kāśī sanctify a newly established liṅga; beside it lies a calm pond being named Kāmakūṇḍa, with pilgrims gathering water and offering bilva leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Śiva (Dhūrjaṭi)
• Kāmada Liṅga
• Kāmakūṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places become channels of grace through divine sanction and saintly intention, granting lawful desires when approached with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāmakūṇḍa (the sacred pond) and the liṅga named Kāmada, situated in the Kāśī sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not yet a full prescription; the verse establishes the sacred names that later frame bathing (snāna) and darśana as meritorious acts.