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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

देवदेव उवाच । लिंगं त्वनादिसंसिद्धमेतद्देवि शुभप्रदम् । आविर्भूतमिदानीं च त्वत्पितुः पुण्यगौरवात्

Transliteration

devadeva uvāca | liṃgaṃ tvanādisaṃsiddhametaddevi śubhapradam | āvirbhūtamidānīṃ ca tvatpituḥ puṇyagauravāt

Translation

Devadeva bersabda: Wahai Dewi, liṅga ini tidak berawal dan sentiasa sempurna sejak azali, serta mengurniakan keberkatan. Namun kini ia menzahirkan diri kerana kemuliaan besar daripada pahala kebajikan ayahandamu.

Word by Word
देवदेवःDevadeva (Lord of gods)
देवदेवः:
Karta (Speaker/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय—‘देवानां देवः’ (title; masculine nominative singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriyā (Speech act)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd person singular perfect)
लिङ्गम्the liṅga
लिङ्गम्:
Karma/Prameya (Topic/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootliṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter accusative singular)
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)
अनादिसंसिद्धम्eternally accomplished (beginningless and perfected)
अनादिसंसिद्धम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of liṅgam)
TypeAdjective
Rootanādi (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsiddha (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘अनादेः संसिद्धम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; विशेषण (neuter accusative singular)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Determiner of liṅgam)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनामविशेषण (neuter accusative singular)
देविO Goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative singular)
शुभप्रदम्bestowing auspiciousness
शुभप्रदम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of liṅgam)
TypeAdjective
Rootśubha (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘शुभं प्रददाति’ इति उपपद-तत्पुरुष; विशेषण (neuter accusative singular)
आविर्भूतम्has manifested/appeared
आविर्भूतम्:
Kriyā (Predicate adjective of liṅgam)
TypeVerb
Rootāvis (अव्यय/उपसर्गभाव) + √bhū (धातु) → āvirbhūta (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण—‘प्रकटं जातम्’ (past participle: manifested)
इदानीम्now
इदानीम्:
Kāla (Time adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootidānīm (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: now)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
त्वत्पितुःof your father
त्वत्पितुः:
Sambandha (Genitive: whose merit)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘तव पिता’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (masculine genitive singular)
पुण्यगौरवात्because of the weight/glory of (his) merit
पुण्यगौरवात्:
Hetu/Apādāna (Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootpuṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + gaurava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; ‘पुण्यस्य गौरवात्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; हेतौ अपादान (ablative singular: because of)
Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Devadeva) speaks calmly to Devī: the liṅga is beginningless and ever-accomplished, auspicious by nature, yet now revealed due to the great merit of Devī’s father; the liṅga radiates subtle light within the golden prāsāda.

Characters & Entities
D
Devadeva (Śiva)
D
Devī (Umā/Pārvatī)
L
Liṅga (Ratneśvara, context)
P
Puṇya (merit)

FAQs

The divine is eternally real, yet its presence becomes experientially manifest through accumulated merit and sacred connection.

Kāśī, where an eternally established liṅga is said to become manifest, reinforcing the kṣetra’s unique revelatory power.

No direct prescription; it teaches the theology of anādi-saṃsiddha liṅga and the role of puṇya in sacred manifestation.

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