Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

तदुत्तरे हलीशेशः सर्वव्याधिनिपूदनः । शिवेश्वरः शिवकरस्तुंगनाम्नश्च दक्षिणे

Transliteration

taduttare halīśeśaḥ sarvavyādhinipūdanaḥ | śiveśvaraḥ śivakarastuṃganāmnaśca dakṣiṇe

Translation

അതിന്റെ വടക്കായി ഹലീശേശൻ ഉണ്ട്; അവൻ എല്ലാ രോഗങ്ങളെയും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ. തെക്കായി ശിവേശ്വരൻ ഉണ്ട്—ശുഭം വരുത്തുന്നവൻ—‘സ്തുങ്ഗ’ എന്ന നാമത്താലും പ്രസിദ്ധൻ.

Word by Word

• tat: of that; its
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (genitive singular)

• uttare: to the north; in the northern (side)
• uttare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (neuter locative singular)

• halīśeśaḥ: Halīśeśa (a form/name of Śiva)
• halīśeśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: halī (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• sarvavyādhinipūdanaḥ: destroyer of all diseases
• sarvavyādhinipūdanaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक) + nipūdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘सर्व-व्याधि-निपूदन’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc nom sg)

• śiveśvaraḥ: Śiveśvara
• śiveśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (masc nom sg)

• śivakaraḥ: bestowing auspiciousness
• śivakaraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘शिवं करोति/शिवकर’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc nom sg)

• tuṃganāmnaḥ: of (one) named Tuṅga
• tuṃganāmnaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṃga (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘तुंग-नामन्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (genitive singular: ‘of the one named Tuṅga’)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• dakṣiṇe: to the south; on the southern side
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (neuter locative singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Halīśeśa and Śiveśvara (Stuṅga) shrines (Kāśī micro-tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-seeker interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two small Kāśī shrines: to the north, Halīśeśa with devotees seeking cure; to the south, Śiveśvara/Stuṅga with devotees praying for auspiciousness; offerings of bilva, turmeric, and lamps; a narrow lane connects them.

Characters & Entities

• Halīśeśa
• Śiveśvara
• Stuṅga
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s presence in Kāśī is celebrated as both spiritual and practical—granting auspiciousness and relief from afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Halīśeśa (north) and Śiveśvara/Stuṅga (south) within the Kāśī sacred layout.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given; the verse emphasizes darśana/approach to these liṅgas and their healing/auspicious fruits.