Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

ततो वै कलितीर्थं च कलशेश्वरसन्निधौ । स्नात्वा तल्लिंगमभ्यर्च्य कलिकालान्न बिभ्यति

Transliteration

tato vai kalitīrthaṃ ca kalaśeśvarasannidhau | snātvā talliṃgamabhyarcya kalikālānna bibhyati

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം കലശേശ്വരന് സമീപം കലിതീർത്ഥമുണ്ട്. അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ആ ലിംഗത്തെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ കലികാല ഭയമുണ്ടാകില്ല.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter/from there
• ततः: Apadana/Sequence (Source/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (from there/thereafter)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• कलितीर्थम्: the Kali sacred ford
• कलितीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कल्याः/कलिनः तीर्थम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नाम)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कलशेश्वरसन्निधौ: near Kalaśeśvara
• कलशेश्वरसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश-ईश्वर-सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कलशेश्वरस्य सन्निधौ’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; having bathed

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण—‘लिङ्गम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘अभ्यर्च्य’ = having worshipped

• कलिकालात्: from the Kali age
• कलिकालात्: Apadana (Source/अपा‍दान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि-काल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; ‘कलिः एव कालः’ इति कर्मधारय

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• बिभ्यति: fears
• बिभ्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भि (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘भि’ = to fear

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kali-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes at Kali-tīrtha, then approaches Kalaśeśvara liṅga with a water pot (kalaśa), offering abhiṣeka; the background shows bustling Kali-yuga life subdued by the shrine’s calm aura.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Kali-tīrtha
• Kalaśeśvara
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is portrayed as a sanctuary: devotion joined with tīrtha practice steadies the devotee against Kali-yuga’s moral and spiritual dangers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kali-tīrtha near the shrine of Kalaśeśvara in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at Kali-tīrtha and worship the Kalaśeśvara liṅga.