Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

यात्रामिलितभक्तेषु प्रातर्यातेषु सर्वतः । संमार्जनादिकं कृत्वा लिंगमभ्यर्च्य हर्षतः

Transliteration

yātrāmilitabhakteṣu prātaryāteṣu sarvataḥ | saṃmārjanādikaṃ kṛtvā liṃgamabhyarcya harṣataḥ

Translation

巡礼の行列に集った信者たちが朝、四方へと旅立った後、彼女は掃き清めなどの奉仕を行い、そして歓喜してリンガを礼拝した。

Word by Word

• यात्रा-मिलित-भक्तेषु: among the devotees gathered for the yātrā
• यात्रा-मिलित-भक्तेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + मिलित (कृदन्त; √मिल्/√मिल (धातु) + क्त) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः: यात्रायां मिलिताः भक्ताः = ‘among the devotees assembled for the procession/pilgrimage’

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Kāla (Temporal adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय/adverb of time

• यातेषु: (when they had) departed
• यातेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यात (कृदन्त; √या (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (भक्तेषु understood)

• सर्वतः: everywhere, on all sides
• सर्वतः: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: दिक्/परिमाणवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘on all sides/entirely’)

• संमार्जन-आदिकम्: sweeping etc.
• संमार्जन-आदिकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संमार्जन (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: संमार्जनं आदिः यस्य तत् = ‘sweeping and the like’

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकालिक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकालिक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); उपसर्ग: अभि

• हर्षतः: with joy
• हर्षतः: Hetu (Cause/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणार्थे ‘from/with joy’ (adverbial ablative)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Praṇaveśa-liṅga precinct (Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Morning light in a Kāśī temple courtyard: pilgrims disperse; Mādhavī remains, sweeping the stone floor, gathering flowers, then approaching the liṅga with offerings, smiling with quiet joy.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Yātrā (religious procession)
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kāśī, simple acts like cleaning the sacred space become potent bhakti when offered before liṅga-worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Śaiva shrine setting, centered on the worship of the liṅga (Oṃkāra-associated context in this adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃmārjana (sweeping/cleaning) and abhyarcana (formal worship) of the Śiva-liṅga.