Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

लिंगे चानादिसंसिद्धे यद्वृत्तं तद्ब्रवीमि ते । इतिहासं महाश्चर्यं सर्वपापनिकृंतनम्

Transliteration

liṃge cānādisaṃsiddhe yadvṛttaṃ tadbravīmi te | itihāsaṃ mahāścaryaṃ sarvapāpanikṛṃtanam

Translation

त्या अनादी, स्वयं-सिद्ध लिंगासंबंधी जे घडले ते मी तुला सांगतो; हा महाआश्चर्य इतिहास सर्व पापांचे छेदन करणारा आहे।

Word by Word

• liṅge: in/with regard to the liṅga
• liṅge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• anādi-saṃsiddhe: beginningless and self-accomplished
• anādi-saṃsiddhe: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anādi + saṃsiddha (कृदन्त; sam+√sidh धातु)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक-समासान्त विशेषण; सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular), नपुंसकलिङ्गानुगुणम् (agreeing with liṅge); कर्मधारयः (anādiś ca saṃsiddhaś ca)

• yat-vṛttam: whatever happened (account)
• yat-vṛttam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛtta (कृदन्त; √vṛt धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुषः (yad eva vṛttam)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• bravīmi: I tell
• bravīmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun), चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन (singular)

• itihāsam: a legend/history
• itihāsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: itihāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• mahā-āścaryam: greatly wondrous
• mahā-āścaryam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + āścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारयः (mahac ca āścaryam ca)

• sarva-pāpa-nikṛntanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-nikṛntanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + pāpa + nikṛntana (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; ni+√kṛt/kr̥nt धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sarveṣāṃ pāpānāṃ nikṛntanam)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, poised as narrator, turns to Devī and begins the wondrous origin-story; the Ratneśa liṅga appears timeless, emerging from light, while dark ‘sins’ are symbolically cut away like vines severed by a blade of radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Ratneśvara Liṅga (context)
• Anādi-saṃsiddha Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing sacred narratives of Kāśī’s ancient liṅgas is itself purifying and spiritually transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The anādi-saṃsiddha Liṅga associated with Ratneśvara in Kāśī’s Avimukta tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) to the itihāsa is implied as a sin-destroying practice.