Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

तस्य लिंगस्य पार्श्वे तु संति लिंगान्यनेकशः । कैवल्यदानि तान्यत्र दर्शनात्स्पर्शनादपि

Transliteration

tasya liṃgasya pārśve tu saṃti liṃgānyanekaśaḥ | kaivalyadāni tānyatra darśanātsparśanādapi

Translation

उस लिंग के पास अनेक अन्य लिंग हैं। यहाँ वे कैवल्य प्रदान करते हैं—केवल दर्शन से भी और स्पर्श से भी।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पार्श्वे: at the side
• पार्श्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोध (particle)

• सन्ति: there are
• सन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas
• लिङ्गानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• अनेकशः: many; in great number
• अनेकशः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/बहुत्व-वाचक (adverb: 'in many ways/many in number')

• कैवल्यदानि: granting liberation
• कैवल्यदानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कैवल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + द (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कृदन्त (कैवल्यं ददाति इति)

• तानि: those (liṅgas)
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• दर्शनात्: from seeing; by sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• स्पर्शनात्: from touching; by touch
• स्पर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅga-samūha near the principal liṅga (name not specified here)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A principal liṅga shrine with many smaller liṅgas arranged around it; pilgrims move in a clockwise circuit, some offering bilva leaves, some touching the stone with reverence; a subtle radiance suggests ‘kaivalya-dāna’.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅgas (multiple)
• Kaivalya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kāśī, even simple devotional contact—seeing or touching Śiva’s symbols—is celebrated as liberation-giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The cluster of liṅgas adjoining the principal liṅga in the Triviṣṭapa area of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform liṅga-darśana and, where appropriate, liṅga-sparśa as acts of devotion.