Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एतल्लिंगं समाराध्य कुमारोपि वरांगनाम् । यस्य यस्य हि यः कामस्तस्य तस्य हि स ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

etalliṃgaṃ samārādhya kumāropi varāṃganām | yasya yasya hi yaḥ kāmastasya tasya hi sa dhruvam

Translation

En vénérant dûment ce liṅga, même un jeune homme obtient une épouse d’exception. Quel que soit le désir qu’une personne porte en son cœur, pour elle-même, cet accomplissement est assuré avec certitude.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Demonstrative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative for ‘liṅgam’

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samārādhya: having worshipped well
• samārādhya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ā-√rādh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वार्थे-ल्यप् (absolutive) ‘having duly worshipped’

• kumāraḥ: a young man
• kumāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-अव्यय (also/even)

• varāṃganām: excellent women
• varāṃganām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (वराः अङ्गनाः = excellent women); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• yasya: of whom(soever)
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• yasya: of whom(soever)
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (repetition for distributive sense)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• yaḥ: whatever (which)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kāmaḥ: desire, wish
• kāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasya: of that (person)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tasya: of that (person)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (repetition for distributive emphasis)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• saḥ: that (wish/result)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dhruvam: certain, assured
• dhruvam: Kriya (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced continuation of boon-speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satīśvara-liṅga

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Young men and women approach Satīśvara with offerings; the shrine is depicted as granting excellent spouses and fulfilling diverse wishes.

Characters & Entities

• Satīśvara-liṅga
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-aligned desires, pursued through devotion at a sacred kṣetra, are said to become steady and attainable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Satīśvara-liṅga shrine in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samārādhana—careful, sustained worship of the liṅga.