Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

पर्वतेशं पशुपतिं ब्रह्मेशं मध्यमेश्वरम् । बृहस्पतीश्वरं वाथ विभांडेश्वरमेव च

Transliteration

parvateśaṃ paśupatiṃ brahmeśaṃ madhyameśvaram | bṛhaspatīśvaraṃ vātha vibhāṃḍeśvarameva ca

Translation

(ഭക്തൻ) പർവതേശൻ, പശുപതി, ബ്രഹ്മേശൻ, മധ്യമേശ്വരൻ, ബൃഹസ്പതീശ്വരൻ, വിഭാണ്ഡേശ്വരൻ എന്നിവരെയും ആരാധിക്കാം.

Word by Word

• पर्वतेशम्: Parvateśa
• पर्वतेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पशुपतिम्: Paśupati (Lord of beings)
• पशुपतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशुपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मेशम्: Brahmeśa
• ब्रह्मेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मध्यमेश्वरम्: Madhyameśvara
• मध्यमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्यम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बृहस्पतीश्वरम्: Bṛhaspatīśvara
• बृहस्पतीश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: ‘or’)

• अथ: then / and further
• अथ: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक/प्रस्तावक-अव्यय (then/and further)

• विभाण्डेश्वरम्: Vibhāṇḍeśvara
• विभाण्डेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभाण्ड-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: ‘and’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-liṅga-saṅgraha (Parvateśa–Vibhāṇḍeśvara set)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stylized Kāśī map-scroll with six highlighted shrines; each shrine shows a liṅga with a symbolic attribute—mountain motif for Parvateśa, bull/Paśu motif for Paśupati, lotus/veda motif for Brahmeśa, central axis for Madhyameśvara, guru motif for Bṛhaspatīśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Parvateśa
• Paśupati
• Brahmeśa
• Madhyameśvara
• Bṛhaspatīśvara
• Vibhāṇḍeśvara
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s lordship is celebrated through diverse epithets tied to place and function, teaching that Kāśī contains many approachable doors to the same Supreme.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, via its famed īśvara-sthalas such as Paśupati and Madhyameśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit instruction to seek darśana and perform pūjā/nāma-japa of these liṅgas; no detailed vrata or dāna is specified here.