Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

अन्यान्वरांश्च ते दद्यां त्वाष्ट्र तुष्टस्त्वदर्चया । ताञ्शृणुष्व महाभाग लिंगस्यास्याद्भुतश्रियः

Transliteration

anyānvarāṃśca te dadyāṃ tvāṣṭra tuṣṭastvadarcayā | tāñśṛṇuṣva mahābhāga liṃgasyāsyādbhutaśriyaḥ

Translation

ഹേ ത്വാഷ്ടൃ! നിന്റെ അർച്ചനയിൽ ഞാൻ തൃപ്തനാണ്; ഞാൻ നിനക്ക് മറ്റു വരങ്ങളും നൽകും. ഹേ മഹാഭാഗാ! ഈ ലിംഗത്തിന്റെ അത്ഭുതശ്രീ കേൾക്കുക.

Word by Word

• anyān: other
• anyān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणं (varān)

• varān: boons
• varān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• dadyām: I would give / may I grant
• dadyām: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tvāṣṭra: O Tvāṣṭra (descendant/son of Tvaṣṭṛ)
• tvāṣṭra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक; त्वष्टृ-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √tuṣ/तुष् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; वक्तृ-विशेषण

• tvad-arcayā: by your worship
• tvad-arcayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्) + arcā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष): त्वदीया अर्चा (your worship)

• tān: those (boons)
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• śṛṇuṣva: listen
• śṛṇuṣva: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• mahābhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: महान् भागः यस्य (fortunate)

• liṅgasya: of the liṅga
• liṅgasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• adbhuta-śriyaḥ: of wondrous splendor
• adbhuta-śriyaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक) + śrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: अद्भुता श्रीः यस्य/यस्याः; विशेषणं (liṅgasya)

Speaker

Bhava (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī liṅga (specific liṅga not named in provided verses)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker, pleased, addresses Tvāṣṭra and announces additional boons; a radiant liṅga stands central, emitting a subtle supernatural glow; attendants and lamps frame the shrine as the narrative invites listening to its splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• Tvāṣṭra
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship (arcana) brings manifold grace, and the liṅga is revealed as a locus of extraordinary divine glory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Śaiva sacred space, centered on the liṅga (Viśveśvara traditionally implied).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (formal worship) of the liṅga; the verse introduces further teaching on the liṅga’s māhātmya.