Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अनेनैव सुवर्णेन पित्रा राशीकृतेन च । प्रासादमस्य लिंगस्य विधापय महेश्वरि

Transliteration

anenaiva suvarṇena pitrā rāśīkṛtena ca | prāsādamasya liṃgasya vidhāpaya maheśvari

Translation

ഹേ മഹേശ്വരീ! നിന്റെ പിതാവ് കൂമ്പാരങ്ങളാക്കി ശേഖരിച്ച ഈ സ്വർണ്ണം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ ഈ ലിംഗത്തിനൊരു പ്രാസാദം (ക്ഷേത്ര-ഭവനം) പണിയിക്കൂ.

Word by Word

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: करण (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: only/indeed
• एव: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (restrictive particle: only/just)

• सुवर्णेन: with gold
• सुवर्णेन: करण (Instrument/material)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पित्रा: by the father
• पित्रा: कर्ता/करण (Agent in passive sense / by the father)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• राशी-कृतेन: heaped up/accumulated
• राशी-कृतेन: विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘सुवर्णेन’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राशि (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘कृत’ = made; ‘राशीकृत’ = heaped/collected

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• प्रासादम्: temple, palace-like shrine
• प्रासादम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• विधापय: have (it) built/arrange to build
• विधापय: क्रिया (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: cause to be made/arrange)

• महेश्वरि: O Maheśvarī
• महेश्वरि: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśvara-liṅga

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśvarī/Umā (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Maheśvarī to use heaps of gold to commission a grand prāsāda for Ratneśvara; artisans, pillars, and scaffolding rise beside a sacred liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvarī (Devī)
• Ratneśvara-liṅga (context)
• Suvarṇa (gold)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth becomes sanctified when dedicated to building and supporting sacred spaces for Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, in the context of establishing a splendid shrine for the Ratneśvara-liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Construction of a prāsāda (temple structure) for the liṅga using gold amassed for that purpose.