Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

ज्ञानोदतीर्थभजनात्सा सुशीला कुमाग्किा । बहिरंतस्तदाऽद्राक्षीत्सर्वलिंगमयं जगत

Transliteration

jñānodatīrthabhajanātsā suśīlā kumāgkiा | bahiraṃtastadā'drākṣītsarvaliṃgamayaṃ jagata

Translation

ज्ञानोद तीर्थाचे भजन-पूजन केल्याने ती कुमारी सुशीला तेव्हा आत-बाहेर सर्व जग शिवलिंगस्वरूपाने व्यापलेले आहे असे पाहू लागली.

Word by Word

• ज्ञानोदतीर्थभजनात्: from (her) worship at the knowledge-giving tīrtha
• ज्ञानोदतीर्थभजनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान-उद (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + भजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष = ‘ज्ञानोद-तीर्थ’ (the ford/holy place of the flood of knowledge) + ‘भजन’ (worship/attendance) → ‘...भजनात्’ = from/through worship

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुशीला: virtuous
• सुशीला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-शील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कुमाग्किआ: (text corrupt) possibly ‘one who had gone to the wrong path’
• कुमाग्किआ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कु-मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + इव/आ (पाठभेद-सूचक)
• Form: पाठे ‘कुमाग्किा’ अस्पष्ट/दूषित; सम्भाव्यः ‘कुमार्गिका’ (स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन) = कुमार्गे गच्छन्ती/कुमार्गसम्बद्धा; विशेषण

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Desha (Location/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = outside

• अन्तः: inside
• अन्तः: Desha (Location/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = inside

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• अद्राक्षीत्: saw
• अद्राक्षीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वलिङ्गमयम्: consisting of all forms
• सर्वलिङ्गमयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष = ‘सर्व-लिङ्ग’ (all forms/marks) + ‘मय’ (consisting of)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda addressing Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jñānoda Tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (traditional frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the Jñānoda Tīrtha, Suśīlā worships; her vision expands—trees, people, river, sky all shimmer as liṅga-forms, a cosmic Śiva-pervasion revealed within and without.

Characters & Entities

• Suśīlā
• Jñānoda Tīrtha
• Śiva (implied by liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-sevā awakens jñāna: one comes to perceive Śiva’s presence everywhere, inwardly and outwardly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jñānoda Tīrtha (a sacred ford/shrine within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa sacred geography of Kāśī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhajana/sevā (devotional worship/observance) of Jñānoda Tīrtha is implied as the practice producing spiritual vision.