Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एतल्लिंगं समाराध्य कुमारोपि वरांगनाम् । यस्य यस्य हि यः कामस्तस्य तस्य हि स ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

etalliṃgaṃ samārādhya kumāropi varāṃganām | yasya yasya hi yaḥ kāmastasya tasya hi sa dhruvam

Translation

ഈ ലിംഗത്തെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ആരാധിച്ചാൽ യുവാവിനും ഉത്തമ വധുവിനെ ലഭിക്കും. ഏവർക്കും ഏത് ആഗ്രഹമുണ്ടോ, അതത് നിശ്ചയമായി സിദ്ധിക്കും।

Word by Word

• 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

• samārādhya: having worshipped well
• samārādhya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ā-√rādh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वार्थे-ल्यप् (absolutive) ‘having duly worshipped’

• kumāraḥ: a young man
• kumāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• varāṃganām: excellent women
• varāṃganām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (वराः अङ्गनाः = excellent women); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• yasya: of whom(soever)
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• yasya: of whom(soever)
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (repetition for distributive sense)

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

• yaḥ: whatever (which)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kāmaḥ: desire, wish
• kāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasya: of that (person)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tasya: of that (person)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (repetition for distributive emphasis)

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

• saḥ: that (wish/result)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dhruvam: certain, assured
• dhruvam: Kriya (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced continuation of boon-speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satīśvara-liṅga

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Young men and women approach Satīśvara with offerings; the shrine is depicted as granting excellent spouses and fulfilling diverse wishes.

Characters & Entities

• Satīśvara-liṅga
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-aligned desires, pursued through devotion at a sacred kṣetra, are said to become steady and attainable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Satīśvara-liṅga shrine in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samārādhana—careful, sustained worship of the liṅga.