Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

त्रिलोचनस्य लिंगस्य महिमानं न कश्चन । सम्यग्वेत्ति महेशानि मयैव परिगोपितम्

Transliteration

trilocanasya liṃgasya mahimānaṃ na kaścana | samyagvetti maheśāni mayaiva parigopitam

Translation

ഹേ മഹേശാനീ! ത്രിലോചന ലിംഗത്തിന്റെ മഹിമയെ ആരും പൂർണ്ണമായി അറിയുന്നില്ല; അതിനെ ഞാൻ ഒരുത്തൻ മാത്രം ഗൂഢമായി സൂക്ഷിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• त्रिलोचनस्य: of Trilocana
• त्रिलोचनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• महिमानम्: greatness
• महिमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahimān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• कश्चन: anyone
• कश्चन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaś-cana (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• वेत्ति: knows
• वेत्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• महेशानि: O Maheśānī
• महेशानि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśānī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

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

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphasis)

• परिगोपितम्: kept hidden/guarded
• परिगोपितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-gup (धातु) → parigopita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; भावे ‘(it is) kept/guarded’

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trilocana-liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśānī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, calm and authoritative, gestures toward the liṅga as if sealing its secret; a veil-like aura surrounds the shrine, suggesting concealed greatness.

Characters & Entities

• Trilocana Liṅga
• Maheśānī (Pārvatī)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred is portrayed as immeasurable and partly veiled—encouraging humility and reverence toward tīrtha-mahimā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Trilocana Liṅga (within Kāśī’s holy geography).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it emphasizes the incomprehensible and guarded nature of the Liṅga’s glory.