Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

संति लिंगान्यनेकानि पुण्येष्वायतनेषु च । आयांति तानि लिंगानि माघीं प्राप्य चतुदर्शीम्

Transliteration

saṃti liṃgānyanekāni puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca | āyāṃti tāni liṃgāni māghīṃ prāpya catudarśīm

Translation

പുണ്യസ്ഥലങ്ങളിൽ അനേകം ലിംഗങ്ങളുണ്ട്; മാഘമാസത്തിലെ ചതുര്ദശി വന്നാൽ ആ ലിംഗങ്ങൾ (ഇവിടെ) എത്തിച്ചേരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• सन्ति: there are
• सन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गानाम्)

• पुण्येषु: holy
• पुण्येषु: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; विशेषणरूपेण ‘पुण्येषु (आयतनेषु)’

• आयतनेषु: in abodes/shrines
• आयतनेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आयान्ति: come
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

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

• माघीम्: (the) Māgha (month’s)
• माघीम्: Visheshana (Adjective of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माघी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चतुर्दशीम्) — ‘माघमाससम्बन्धिनी’

• प्राप्य: having reached/attained
• प्राप्य: Kriya-viseshana (Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), धातु-आप्; ‘प्राप्य’ = ‘प्राप्य/प्राप्य’

• चतुर्दशीम्: the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दशीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta/Kāśī on Māgha caturdaśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience (not specified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary scene: multiple liṅgas, each with distinct garlands and emblems, appear or are ceremonially welcomed into Kāśī on Māgha caturdaśī; priests carry lamps, crowds gather for night worship.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅgas
• Māgha
• Caturdaśī
• Avimukta (implied gathering to Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain sacred times amplify the sanctity of sacred places—Māgha caturdaśī is depicted as a cosmically significant tithi for Śaiva worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta/Kāśī is implied as the focal sanctuary associated with this Māgha caturdaśī convergence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance centered on Māgha caturdaśī, implying heightened worship of Liṅgas on that tithi.