Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

अस्मिंल्लिगे पुरा गौरि सुगुप्तं तिष्ठता मया । तुभ्यं नेत्रत्रयं दत्तं निरैक्षिष्ठास्तथोत्तमम्

Transliteration

asmiṃllige purā gauri suguptaṃ tiṣṭhatā mayā | tubhyaṃ netratrayaṃ dattaṃ niraikṣiṣṭhāstathottamam

Translation

ഹേ ഗൗരീ! ഈ ലിംഗത്തിനുള്ളിൽ ഞാൻ പൂർവ്വം ഗൂഢമായി നിലകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ നിനക്ക് ത്രിനേത്രം ദാനം ചെയ്തു; അപ്പോൾ നീ ആ പരമോത്തമ സ്വരൂപം ദർശിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्गे (neuter), सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन (singular)

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे (neuter), सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन (singular)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• गौरि: O Gaurī
• गौरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे (feminine), सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• सुगुप्तम्: well-hidden
• सुगुप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-gupta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective)

• तिष्ठता: by (me) staying/while staying
• तिष्ठता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धाातु) → tiṣṭhat (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक-रूपे (instrumental singular form)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (singular)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (singular)

• नेत्रत्रयम्: the three eyes
• नेत्रत्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (singular)

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु) → datta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; अत्र कर्मवाच्य-भावे ‘(was) given’

• निरैक्षिष्ठाः: you beheld/saw
• निरैक्षिष्ठाः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्; संधि-रूपम्: निरैक्षिष्ठाः (= निर् + ऐक्षिष्ठाः)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trilocana-liṅga (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gaurī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks to Gaurī, revealing that he once remained hidden within the liṅga and granted her the three-eyed vision; the liṅga glows as if containing a concealed deity-form.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Śiva
• Trilocana (three-eyed motif)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine sight (jñāna-dṛṣṭi) is presented as a grace bestowed by Śiva, linked to the sanctity of the Liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same sacred Liṅga of this chapter (Trilocana/Triviṣṭapa context) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse explains a grace-event (bestowal of three eyes) connected to the Liṅga.