Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

यत्र गत्वा न शोचंति किंचित्संसारिणः क्वचित । प्राश्योदकं लिंगरूपं लिंगरूपत्वमागताः

Transliteration

yatra gatvā na śocaṃti kiṃcitsaṃsāriṇaḥ kvacita | prāśyodakaṃ liṃgarūpaṃ liṃgarūpatvamāgatāḥ

Translation

ആ സ്ഥലത്ത് ചെന്നാൽ സംസാരജീവികൾ ഒരിക്കലും യാതൊരു വിധത്തിലും ദുഃഖിക്കുകയില്ല. ലിംഗബന്ധിതമായ പവിത്ര തീർത്ഥജലം പാനം ചെയ്ത് അവർ ലിംഗരൂപത പ്രാപിച്ച് ശിവരൂപത്തിൽ ഏകത്വം നേടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक अव्यय, relative adverb: 'where')

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), 'having gone'

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation to verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• शोचन्ति: they grieve
• शोचन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• किञ्चित्: at all; anything
• किञ्चित्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किञ्चित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय (indefinite adverbial: 'at all/anything')

• संसारिणः: worldly beings
• संसारिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (agent noun: 'worldly beings')

• क्वचित्: anywhere
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: 'anywhere/sometime')

• प्राश्य: having drunk/consumed
• प्राश्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अश् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having eaten/drunk'

• उदकम्: water
• उदकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लिङ्गरूपम्: the form of the liṅga
• लिङ्गरूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लिङ्गस्य रूपम्)

• लिङ्गरूपत्वम्: the state of being liṅga-form
• लिङ्गरूपत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + त्व (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (लिङ्गरूपस्य भावः) भाववाचक-तद्धितान्त

• आगताः: have attained/come to
• आगताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (they have come/attained)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (standard purāṇic audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a Himalayan stone liṅga; a priest offers abhiṣeka-jala; devotees sip the sanctified water, faces serene, grief dissolving into stillness; faint aura of Śiva’s liṅga-form behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Kedāra (implied context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-contact transforms the devotee: sorrow ends and one attains Śiva-oriented being (liṅga-bhāva).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises a Śiva-tīrtha connected with the Liṅga; in this adhyāya the focus is Kedāra/Kedāreśvara and its salvific power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sipping/drinking the sanctified water (tīrthodaka) associated with the Śiva-liṅga.