Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तथैतल्लिंगमाराध्यान्यस्यापि हि फलिष्यति । कुमारी प्राप्स्यति पतिं मनसोपि समुच्छ्रितम्

Transliteration

tathaitalliṃgamārādhyānyasyāpi hi phaliṣyati | kumārī prāpsyati patiṃ manasopi samucchritam

Translation

അതുപോലെ ഈ ലിംഗത്തെ ആരാധിച്ചാൽ മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെ ആഗ്രഹവും തീർച്ചയായും ഫലിക്കും; കുമാരി മനസ്സിൽ ഉയർന്ന പ്രതീക്ഷയ്ക്കൊത്ത ഭർത്താവിനെ പ്രാപിക്കും।

Word by Word

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/so)

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Demonstrative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative for ‘liṅgam’

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ārādhya: having worshipped
• ārādhya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√rādh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वार्थे-ल्यप् (gerundive absolutive) ‘having worshipped/propitiated’

• anyasya: of another (person)
• anyasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• phaliṣyati: will bear fruit
• phaliṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √phal (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kumārī: a maiden
• kumārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• prāpsyati: will obtain
• prāpsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• patim: husband
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• manasā: by mind, in thought
• manasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-अव्यय (even)

• samucchritam: exalted, highly raised
• samucchritam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-√śri (धातु) + samucchrita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; here as adjective to ‘patim’ (acc. masc. sg. form expected: समुच्छ्रितम् as acc. masc. sg.)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced continuation of boon-speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satīśvara-liṅga

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-maiden worships Satīśvara liṅga; the verse promises attainment of a desired husband through sincere worship.

Characters & Entities

• Satīśvara-liṅga
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A consecrated liṅga in Kāśī is presented as a universal refuge where sincere worship yields dhārmic fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Satīśvara-liṅga in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional worship) of the Satīśvara-liṅga for desired outcomes, including marriage.