Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

इति प्रसाद्य देवेशमाज्ञां प्राप्य महेशितुः । लिंगं संस्थापितं गौर्या महादेव समीपतः

Transliteration

iti prasādya deveśamājñāṃ prāpya maheśituḥ | liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpitaṃ gauryā mahādeva samīpataḥ

Translation

Ainsi, ayant satisfait le Seigneur des dieux et obtenu l’autorisation de Mahēśvara, Gaurī installa le liṅga auprès de Mahādeva.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation/summary marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-निपात (thus)

• प्रसाद्य: having propitiated
• प्रसाद्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र- सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) (having pleased/propitiated)

• देवेशम्: the Lord of gods
• देवेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आज्ञाम्: permission/command
• आज्ञाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) (having obtained)

• महेशितुः: of the Great Lord (Śiva)
• महेशितुः: Sambandha (Possessor/source/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• संस्थापितम्: was installed
• संस्थापितम्: Kriya (Predicate; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे (was installed)

• गौर्या: by Gaurī
• गौर्या: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• महादेव: of Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (सम्बन्धे)

• समीपतः: near, in the vicinity
• समीपतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समीपतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (near; ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī performs the act of liṅga installation beside Mahādeva—ritual vessels, flowers, and sacred fire implied; the space feels like Kāśī’s sanctum, charged with grace.

Characters & Entities

• Deveśa (Śiva)
• Maheśa/Mahādeva
• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred installations become powerful when done through devotion, proper sanction, and proximity to the divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred geography where this liṅga’s māhātmya unfolds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-saṃsthāpana (ritual establishment) is the central act described.