Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

एतानि सिद्धलिंगानिच्छन्नानि स्युर्युगेयुगे । अवाप्य शंभुसान्निध्यं पुनराविर्भवंति हि

Transliteration

etāni siddhaliṃgānicchannāni syuryugeyuge | avāpya śaṃbhusānnidhyaṃ punarāvirbhavaṃti hi

Translation

ഈ സിദ്ധലിംഗങ്ങൾ യുഗം യുഗമായി മറഞ്ഞുകിടക്കും; എന്നാൽ ശംഭുവിന്റെ സാന്നിധ്യം ലഭിച്ചാൽ അവ നിർഭാഗ്യമായി വീണ്ടും പ്രത്യക്ഷമാകും.

Word by Word

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural; pronoun used adjectivally)

• सिद्ध-लिङ्गानि: perfected liṅgas
• सिद्ध-लिङ्गानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (कृदन्त; सिध् धातु, क्त) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural)

• छन्नानि: hidden/covered
• छन्नानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छन्न (कृदन्त; छद् धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Plural; adjective)

• स्युः: would be/are (in cycles)
• स्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (Optative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural)

• युगे: in an age (yuga)
• युगे: Adhikarana (Location/Time; अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• युगे: in (each) age
• युगे: Adhikarana (Location/Time; अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• अवाप्य: having obtained
• अवाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव+आप् धातोः क्त्वा (having obtained)

• शंभु-सान्निध्यम्: the presence of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभु-सान्निध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक) + सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्ति-अव्यय (adverb; again)

• आविर्भवन्ति: become manifest/appear
• आविर्भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आविर् (अव्यय) + भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (Present, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (indeclinable particle; indeed/for)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddha-liṅga cluster of Avimukta (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (implied continuity)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence across yugas: liṅgas veiled under earth/foliage/river-silt, then emerging with a surge of light as Śambhu’s proximity is invoked; devotees discover them with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Siddhaliṅga
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine realities may be veiled by time, but Śiva’s presence reveals them again—teaching faith in hidden sanctity and periodic renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s siddhaliṅgas associated with the Hamsatīrtha milieu of Adhyāya 18.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights sānnidhya (seeking Śiva’s nearness) as the key spiritual condition.