Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्हि लिंगेऽखिलसिद्धिसाधने समर्पितं यैः सुकृतार्जितं वसु । तेभ्योतिमात्राखिलसौख्यसाधनं ददामि निर्वाणपदं सुनिर्भयम्

Transliteration

asminhi liṃge'khilasiddhisādhane samarpitaṃ yaiḥ sukṛtārjitaṃ vasu | tebhyotimātrākhilasaukhyasādhanaṃ dadāmi nirvāṇapadaṃ sunirbhayam

Translation

ഈ അഖിലസിദ്ധിസാധക ലിംഗത്തിൽ പുണ്യകർമ്മംകൊണ്ട് സമ്പാദിച്ച ധനം സമർപ്പിക്കുന്നവർക്ക്, ഞാൻ അതിമാത്രമായി സർവ്വസുഖങ്ങളുടെ കാരണമായ നിർഭയ നിർവാണപദം നൽകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc./Neut.), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधानार्थ (indeed)

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अखिलसिद्धिसाधने: in (that) means of all attainments
• अखिलसिद्धिसाधने: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + साधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: अखिलानां सिद्धीनां साधनम्; विशेषणम् लिङ्गे

• समर्पितम्: offered
• समर्पितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अर्प् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); धातु: अर्प् (to offer) उपसर्ग: सम्

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सुकृतार्जितम्: earned through good deeds
• सुकृतार्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकृत (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: सुकृतेन अर्जितम् (earned by merit)

• वसु: wealth
• वसु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अतिमात्राखिलसौख्यसाधनम्: a means to exceedingly complete happiness
• अतिमात्राखिलसौख्यसाधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिमात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अखिल (प्रातिपदिक) + सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक) + साधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-श्रृंखला: अखिलस्य सौख्यस्य साधनम्; अतिमात्र (exceedingly) उपपद-विशेषण

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; धातु: दा (to give)

• निर्वाणपदम्: the state/abode of nirvāṇa
• निर्वाणपदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: निर्वाणस्य पदम्

• सुनिर्भयम्: utterly fearless
• सुनिर्भयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय-उपसर्ग/उपपद) + निर्भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय: सु-निर्भयम् = अत्यन्तं निर्भयम्

Speaker

Śiva (contextual, promise of फलश्रुति)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara Liṅga (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assembly including Viṣṇu, Brahmā, devarṣis; by extension all pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees present offerings—coins, cloth, lamps—before the Liṅga; Śiva’s grace is depicted as a luminous stream culminating in a serene, fearless liberation motif (calm halo, open sky).

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Nirvāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit-earned resources offered in devotion at the sacred Liṅga become a direct cause for supreme bliss and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī Liṅga praised in this chapter (Viśveśvara/Ānandavana setting).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samarpana (dedication/charitable offering) of sukṛtārjita wealth at the Liṅga, framed as a liberation-yielding act.