Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

लिंगार्चनं त्रिकालं च लिंगस्यापि प्रतिष्ठितिः । साधुभिः सह संलापो जल्पः शिवशिवेति च

Transliteration

liṃgārcanaṃ trikālaṃ ca liṃgasyāpi pratiṣṭhitiḥ | sādhubhiḥ saha saṃlāpo jalpaḥ śivaśiveti ca

Translation

ത്രികാല ലിംഗാർച്ചന, ലിംഗപ്രതിഷ്ഠയും, സാദുക്കളോടുള്ള സത്സംഭാഷണം, കൂടാതെ ആവർത്തിച്ച് ‘ശിവ, ശിവ’ എന്നു ജപിക്കൽ—(ഇവ കാശിയിൽ) പ്രശംസിത ആചാരങ്ങളാണ്.

Word by Word

• liṅga-ārcanam: worship of the liṅga
• liṅga-ārcanam: Karma (Object/Practice)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + ārcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (लिङ्गस्य अर्चनम्)

• tri-kālam: thrice daily
• tri-kālam: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; द्वितीया-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययवत् (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘three times (a day)’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय)

• liṅgasya: of the liṅga
• liṅgasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — ‘also/even’

• pratiṣṭhitiḥ: establishment; consecration
• pratiṣṭhitiḥ: Karma (Object/Practice)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratiṣṭhiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समुच्चित-विषयः

• sādhubhiḥ: with the holy men
• sādhubhiḥ: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सह-योगे करण/सहकारि

• saha: together with
• saha: Sambandha (Association marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गवत्/सह-अर्थक) — ‘together with’

• saṃlāpaḥ: conversation
• saṃlāpaḥ: Karma (Object/Practice)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃlāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समुच्चित-विषयः

• jalpaḥ: utterance; chanting
• jalpaḥ: Karma (Object/Practice)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समुच्चित-विषयः

• śiva-śiva-iti: (saying) ‘Śiva, Śiva’
• śiva-śiva-iti: Karma (Quoted mantra/utterance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-प्रयोगः (उद्धरण-चिह्नक अव्यय); द्विरुक्ति ‘śiva śiva’ इति जप-रूपेण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī Liṅga-arcana (trikāla)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kāśī courtyard shrine with a black stone liṅga being worshipped at three times of day: morning with water and bilva, noon with flowers and incense, evening with lamps; nearby sādhus converse; a devotee repeats ‘Śiva, Śiva’ with raised hands.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Śiva
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes continuous through daily worship, holy company, and constant remembrance of Śiva’s name.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the contextual sacred field where Śiva-liṅga worship and Śiva-nāma are especially extolled.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga worship three times daily, liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishment), sādhu-saṅga, and chanting ‘Śiva, Śiva’.