Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

प्राणायामोसि सर्वेपु साधनेषु शुचिष्वहो । सर्वदः सर्वलिंगेषु श्रीमान्विश्वेश्वरो भवान्

Transliteration

prāṇāyāmosi sarvepu sādhaneṣu śuciṣvaho | sarvadaḥ sarvaliṃgeṣu śrīmānviśveśvaro bhavān

Translation

સર્વ સાધનોમાં તમે પ્રાણાયામ છો—અહો, હે શુચિ. સર્વ લિંગોમાં તમે સર્વદાતા છો; તમે જ શ્રીમાન વિશ્વેશ્વર છો.

Word by Word

• प्राणायामः: breath-control (prāṇāyāma)
• प्राणायामः: Predicate nominative (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणायाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वेषु: in/among all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• साधनेषु: among means/practices
• साधनेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• शुचिषु: among the pure (things/persons)
• शुचिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• अहो: ah! indeed
• अहो: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयादिबोधक-अव्यय (exclamation/particle)

• सर्वदः: giver of all
• सर्वदः: Predicate nominative (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वलिङ्गेषु: among all liṅgas/forms
• सर्वलिङ्गेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (सर्वाणि लिङ्गानि)

• श्रीमान्: splendid; endowed with prosperity
• श्रीमान्: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विश्वेश्वरः: Lord of the universe
• विश्वेश्वरः: Predicate nominative (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विश्वस्य ईश्वरः)

• भवान्: you (honored one)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनामवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; आदरार्थे

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a lamp-lit sanctum, the Viśveśvara liṅga shines; a yogin-devotee performs gentle prāṇāyāma, then offers bilva leaves and water, seeing the same Lord in all liṅgas.

Characters & Entities

• Prāṇāyāma
• Liṅga
• Viśveśvara
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All sādhana culminates in the Lord; both inner practice (prāṇāyāma) and outer worship (liṅga) reveal the same Viśveśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, through the explicit naming of Viśveśvara, the presiding deity of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prāṇāyāma is praised as a key discipline, and liṅga worship is implied by stating the Lord’s presence in all liṅgas.