Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

काशीलिंगत्वमासाद्य मामेवानुप्रवेक्ष्यति । चैत्रशुक्लतृतीयायां पार्वतीशसमर्चनात्

Transliteration

kāśīliṃgatvamāsādya māmevānupravekṣyati | caitraśuklatṛtīyāyāṃ pārvatīśasamarcanāt

Translation

കാശീലിംഗത്വം പ്രാപിച്ചവൻ എന്നിലേക്കു മാത്രമേ പ്രവേശിക്കൂ; ചൈത്ര ശുക്ല തൃതീയയിൽ പാർവതീശനെ സമർച്ചിച്ചതിന്റെ ഫലമാണിത്.

Word by Word

• काशीलिङ्गत्वम्: the state of being a Kāśī-liṅga
• काशीलिङ्गत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशीलिङ्ग + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; भाववाचक-त्वप्रत्ययान्त

• आसाद्य: having attained
• आसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अनुप्रवेक्ष्यति: will enter (into)
• अनुप्रवेक्ष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• चैत्रशुक्लतृतीयायाम्: on the third (tithi) of the bright half of Caitra
• चैत्रशुक्लतृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र + शुक्ल + तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; कालवाचक (time-locative)

• पार्वतीशसमर्चनात्: from the worship of Pārvatīśa
• पार्वतीशसमर्चनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/हेतु, source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वतीश + समर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन; कारणवाचक

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pārvatīśa (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-seeking interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On Caitra śukla tṛtīyā, pilgrims with fresh spring flowers approach the Pārvatīśa-liṅga; a subtle cosmic motif shows the devotee’s soul merging into Śiva’s luminous form, indicating ‘mām eva anupravekṣyati’.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Śiva (implied by “mām”)
• Pārvatīśa
• Caitra Śukla Tṛtīyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (tithi) and place (Kāśī) sacralize worship, culminating in Śiva-oriented liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, through the worship of the Pārvatīśa liṅga performed there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (sam-arcana) of Pārvatīśa specifically on Caitra-śukla-tṛtīyā.