Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

त्वया गभस्तिमालाभिश्चांपेयांबुजकांतिभिः । यदर्चित्वैश्वरं लिंगं सर्वभावेन भास्कर

Transliteration

tvayā gabhastimālābhiścāṃpeyāṃbujakāṃtibhiḥ | yadarcitvaiśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ sarvabhāvena bhāskara

Translation

Wahai Bhāskara, Engkau memuja liṅga Sang Tuhan dengan untaian sinar, bercahaya laksana campaka keemasan dan bunga teratai, seraya mempersembahkan seluruh dirimu dalam bhakti.

Word by Word

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• gabhasti-mālābhiḥ: with garlands of rays
• gabhasti-mālābhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gabhasti (प्रातिपदिक) + mālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (gabhastīnām mālāḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• āṃpeya-ambuja-kāṃtibhiḥ: with lustres like campaka and lotus
• āṃpeya-ambuja-kāṃtibhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṃpeya (प्रातिपदिक) + ambuja (प्रातिपदिक) + kānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (āṃpeyasya ambujasya kāntiḥ = lustre like the campaka-lotus)

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; यत्-सम्बन्ध (relative pronoun) referring to liṅgam

• arcitvā: having worshipped
• arcitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √arc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालनिर्देशक (having worshipped)

• aiśvaram: divine / lordly
• aiśvaram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aiśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (liṅgam qualifies)

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• sarva-bhāvena: with entire devotion/whole being
• sarva-bhāvena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (sarveṇa bhāvena = with whole being)

• bhāskara: O Bhāskara (Sun)
• bhāskara: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gabhastīśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūrya (Bhāskara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya worships the liṅga by offering garlands made of his own rays, shimmering like golden campaka and lotus petals; the shrine glows with warm, floral radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Gabhastīśvara (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Whole-hearted devotion transforms one’s very nature and gifts—even rays of light—into worship offered to the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship context points to the Gabhastīśvara liṅga in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (worship) of the Īśvara-liṅga with complete devotion (sarva-bhāva), using offerings symbolized as garlands.