Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ढुंढिराजोत्तरेभागे सिद्धिदं साधकस्य वै । लिंगं वै देवदेवाख्यं तदग्रे कूप उत्तमः

Transliteration

ḍhuṃḍhirājottarebhāge siddhidaṃ sādhakasya vai | liṃgaṃ vai devadevākhyaṃ tadagre kūpa uttamaḥ

Translation

ドゥンディラージャ（Ḍhuṃḍhirāja）の北方には、修行者（サーダカ）に成就（シッディ）を授ける「デーヴァデーヴァ（Devadeva）」と呼ばれるリンガがあり、その前には最上の井戸がある。

Word by Word

• ढुंढिराजोत्तरेभागे: in the northern part of Ḍhuṃḍhirāja
• ढुंढिराजोत्तरेभागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ढुंढिराजोत्तरेभाग = ढुंढिराज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• सिद्धिदम्: granting success
• सिद्धिदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धिद = सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (फलदायक)

• साधकस्य: of the practitioner
• साधकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• देवदेवाख्यम्: called ‘Devadeva’
• देवदेवाख्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवदेवाख्य = देवदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अग्रे: in front
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• कूपः: a well
• कूपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उत्तमः: excellent
• उत्तमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devadeva-liṅga (near Ḍhuṃḍhirāja) and its well

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrow Kāśī lane opens to a small shrine: Devadeva-liṅga under a canopy; to the fore an old stone well with a pulley; a pilgrim-sādhaka with rudrākṣa and kamaṇḍalu offers bilva leaves; Ḍhuṃḍhirāja shrine indicated to the south.

Characters & Entities

• Ḍhuṃḍhirāja
• Devadeva Liṅga
• Kūpa (sacred well)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s liṅgas in Kāśī are mapped as living sources of siddhi, and their surrounding tīrthas (like wells) support ritual purity and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devadeva Liṅga located north of Ḍhuṃḍhirāja, along with the sacred well situated before it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly encourages liṅga-sevā/worship by sādhakas; the mention of the well suggests ritual bathing/ablution as part of worship.