Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

भविष्यति न संदेहः सतीश्वरसमर्चगात् । सतीश्वरं समभ्यर्च्य यो यो यं यं समीहते

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati na saṃdehaḥ satīśvarasamarcagāt | satīśvaraṃ samabhyarcya yo yo yaṃ yaṃ samīhate

Translation

സംശയമില്ല—സതീശ്വരന്റെ സമർചനയാൽ അതു നിശ്ചയമായി സംഭവിക്കും. സതീശ്വരനെ പൂജിച്ച് ആരാരെന്തെന്തു ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നുവോ—

Word by Word

• भविष्यति: will happen / will come to be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present/Future-sense in context), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• न: not
• न: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• सतीश्वर-समर्च-गात्: from (the act of) worshipping Satīśvara
• सतीश्वर-समर्च-गात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सतीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + समर्च (सम्+अर्च्; कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + ग (गम्; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (ablative), एकवचनम् (singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (हेतौ/कारणे)

• सतीश्वरम्: Satīśvara
• सतीश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सतीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अभि+अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having done)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम् (singular); सम्बन्धबोधकः (relative pronoun)

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्तिः (emphatic repetition)

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• यम्: whatever
• यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्तिः (emphatic repetition)

• समीहते: desires / seeks
• समीहते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+ईह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced continuation; verse continues into next)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satīśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers flowers and bilva leaves to the Satīśvara liṅga; the atmosphere is charged with certainty that the prayer will be answered.

Characters & Entities

• Satīśvara-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith in kṣetra-māhātmya is reinforced: worship at a divinely established liṅga is declared unfailing in result.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Satīśvara-liṅga (Kāśī context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samarcana/samabhyarcana—formal worship and offerings to Satīśvara.