Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

लिंगपूजारतो नित्यं नित्यं तीर्थाप्रतिग्रही । तस्यर्षेरभवत्पुत्रः सनारोरुपजंघनिः

Transliteration

liṃgapūjārato nityaṃ nityaṃ tīrthāpratigrahī | tasyarṣerabhavatputraḥ sanārorupajaṃghaniḥ

Translation

Il demeurait sans cesse voué au culte du Liṅga, et recevait toujours avec révérence les offrandes d’eau sacrée (tīrtha). À ce sage Sanāru naquit un fils, nommé Upajaṅghani.

Word by Word

• लिङ्गपूजारतः: devoted to worship of the liṅga
• लिङ्गपूजारतः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग-पूजा-रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; (सनारुः) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-viseshana (Frequency/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे प्रयुक्तम्; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-viseshana (Frequency/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे प्रयुक्तम्; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative)

• तीर्थाप्रतिग्रही: one who does not accept (gifts) at tīrthas
• तीर्थाप्रतिग्रही: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ-अप्रतिग्रही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; नञ्-समास; (सनारुः) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• ऋषेः: of the sage
• ऋषेः: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; तस्य इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अभवत्: was born; came to be
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सनारोः: of Sanāru
• सनारोः: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनारु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• उपजङ्घनिः: Upajaṅghani (name)
• उपजङ्घनिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपजङ्घनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

Speaker

Skanda (narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahāmuni

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Sanāru performs daily liṅga-pūjā with bilva and water; a devotee offers him tīrtha-water which he receives reverently. In a secondary vignette, the birth of his son Upajaṅghani is shown as a calm, auspicious domestic moment.

Characters & Entities

• Sanāru
• Upajaṅghani
• Śiva (Liṅga)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady daily devotion—especially Liṅga worship—forms the dharmic foundation through which sacred grace unfolds in Kāśī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points generally to Kāśī’s tīrtha culture (holy waters and offerings) alongside Liṅga worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily Liṅga-pūjā and reverent acceptance of tīrtha (consecrated sacred water/offerings).