Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

विश्वकर्मोवाच । इदं यत्स्थापितं लिंगं मयाज्ञेनापि शंकर । तल्लिंगमन्येप्याराध्य संतु समृद्धिभाजनम्

Transliteration

viśvakarmovāca | idaṃ yatsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ mayājñenāpi śaṃkara | talliṃgamanyepyārādhya saṃtu samṛddhibhājanam

Translation

വിശ്വകർമ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ശങ്കരാ, അജ്ഞാനവശാൽ ഞാൻ ഈ ലിംഗം സ്ഥാപിച്ചു. മറ്റുള്ളവരും ആ ലിംഗത്തെ ആരാധിച്ച് സമൃദ്ധിയുടെ പാത്രങ്ങളാകട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• viśvakarmā: Viśvakarmā
• viśvakarmā: Karta (speaker/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvakarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (relative pronoun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (relative)

• sthāpitam: installed/established
• sthāpitam: Kriyā (qualifier of liṅga)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• liṅgam: liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (instrument/agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental); एकवचन

• ājñena: by command/permission
• ājñena: Hetu/Karana (cause/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि (particle: also/even)

• śaṃkara: O Śaṅkara
• śaṃkara: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative); एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (also)

• ārādhya: having worshipped
• ārādhya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√radh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having propitiated/worshipped)

• santu: let them be
• santu: Kriyā (benedictive command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• samṛddhibhājanam: a vessel/receptacle of prosperity
• samṛddhibhājanam: Kriyā (predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhājana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (as predicate: ‘a receptacle of prosperity’)

Speaker

Viśvakarman (Tvāṣṭra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvakarma-sthāpita Liṅga (in Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarman, the divine artisan, speaks before Śiva, pointing to a newly established liṅga; he requests that future devotees who worship it receive prosperity.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarman
• Śiva (Śaṅkara)
• Liṅga
• Kāśī
• Ānandavana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred act in Kāśī can benefit countless others; a consecrated Liṅga becomes a lasting channel of merit and well-being for future worshippers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Ānandavana context continues, centering on a specific consecrated Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-ārādhana (worship) of the established Liṅga, with the intended fruit of samṛddhi (prosperity).