Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

त्रिविष्टपस्य लिंगस्य स्मरणादपि मानवः । त्रिविष्टप पतिर्भूयान्नात्र कार्या विचारणा

Transliteration

triviṣṭapasya liṃgasya smaraṇādapi mānavaḥ | triviṣṭapa patirbhūyānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Translation

त्रिविष्टप-लिंगाचे केवळ स्मरण केले तरी मनुष्य स्वर्गाचा अधिपती होतो; याविषयी विचार वा शंका करण्याचे कारण नाही.

Word by Word

• त्रिविष्टपस्य: of Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• त्रिविष्टपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• लिंगस्य: of the liṅga
• लिंगस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• स्मरणात्: from (the act of) remembering
• स्मरणात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), अपि = even/also

• मानवः: a man; human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• त्रिविष्टप: Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• त्रिविष्टप: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण (सम्बोधनवत्/प्रातिपदिक-प्रयोग)

• पतिः: lord; master
• पतिः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भूयात्: may become; would become
• भूयात्: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कार्या: to be done; necessary
• कार्या: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (विचारणा)

• विचारणा: deliberation; consideration
• विचारणा: Karta (Subject—impersonal construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa context, Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa Liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in meditation within Kāśī’s grove, eyes closed, visualizing the Triviṣṭapa liṅga; above, a subtle celestial vista suggests ‘Triviṣṭapa’ as the fruit of remembrance.

Characters & Entities

• Triviṣṭapa Liṅga
• smaraṇa (remembrance)
• Triviṣṭapa (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner devotion matters: even remembrance of a Kāśī Liṅga is celebrated as spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Triviṣṭapa Liṅga in Kāśī, whose very remembrance is extolled.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (remembrance/mental worship) of the Triviṣṭapa Liṅga.