Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पावमानं समाराध्य पूतो भवति तत्क्षणात् । इति दत्त्वा वरान्देवस्तस्मिंल्लिंगे लयं ययौ

Transliteration

pāvamānaṃ samārādhya pūto bhavati tatkṣaṇāt | iti dattvā varāndevastasmiṃlliṃge layaṃ yayau

Translation

पावमान (पवमानेश्वर) याची सम्यक् आराधना केली असता मनुष्य तत्क्षणी पवित्र होतो। असे वर देऊन तो देव त्या लिंगातच लीन झाला।

Word by Word

• पावमानम्: Pāvamāna (name/title)
• पावमानम्: कर्म (Object; of समाराध्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• समाराध्य: having propitiated
• समाराध्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having worshipped/propitiated’

• पूतः: purified
• पूतः: प्रथमा-सम्बन्ध (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत (प्रातिपदिक; पू (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विधेयविशेषण

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately, from that moment
• तत्क्षणात्: अपादान (Point in time/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-क्षण (प्रातिपदिक; तत् + क्षण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘from that very moment/instantly’)

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having given’

• वरान्: boons
• वरान्: कर्म (Object; of दत्त्वा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

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

• लयम्: dissolution, absorption
• लयम्: कर्म (Goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ययौ: went, departed
• ययौ: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrative voice within the dialogue (best-fit: Gaṇas recounting; but verse itself refers to 'devaḥ')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pavamāneśvara (Pāvamāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After granting boons, a radiant Deva dissolves into the liṅga—light streaming inward—while devotees witness the moment; the sanctum becomes charged with palpable purity.

Characters & Entities

• Pavamāneśvara
• Śiva (Deva)
• Liṅga
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship at a Kāśī-liṅga can cleanse impurity immediately, showing the exceptional salvific power attributed to Kāśī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pavamāneśvara Liṅga in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samārādhana—proper propitiatory worship of Pavamāneśvara (details implied from prior verses: abhiṣeka and offerings).