Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

परमानंदरूपाणि संति लिंगान्यनेकशः । चतुर्दशसु लोकेषु कृतिनो ये वसंति हि

Transliteration

paramānaṃdarūpāṇi saṃti liṃgānyanekaśaḥ | caturdaśasu lokeṣu kṛtino ye vasaṃti hi

Translation

Liṅga yang berwujud kebahagiaan tertinggi wujud dalam bilangan yang tidak terhitung. Sesungguhnya, di empat belas alam, mereka yang beramal mulia itu berdiam…

Word by Word

• परमानन्दरूपाणि: having the form of supreme bliss
• परमानन्दरूपाणि: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (परम-आनन्दस्य रूपाणि)

• सन्ति: are, exist
• सन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas (emblems)
• लिङ्गानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• अनेकशः: in many (numerous) ways; manyfold
• अनेकशः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक/adverb; ‘in many ways/many times’)

• चतुर्दशसु: in the fourteen
• चतुर्दशसु: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (द्विगु-समासः) चतुर्दश (14) + सु (सप्तमी-बहुवचन-प्रत्यय); सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; (लोकेषु इति पदं विशेषयति)

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• कृतिनः: meritorious ones, accomplished persons
• कृतिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• वसन्ति: dwell, reside
• वसन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis)

Speaker

Śiva (continuing explanation to Gaurī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandavana/Kāśī liṅga-samūha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary panorama: innumerable liṅgas shimmering as embodiments of supreme bliss, with subtle suggestion of the fourteen worlds—layers of existence—populated by the meritorious.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅgas
• Fourteen worlds (Caturdaśa-loka)
• Meritorious beings (Kṛtinaḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s liṅga-presence is cosmic and bliss-natured; merit and devotion connect beings across worlds to this sacred principle.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Kāśī/Ānandavana as the context for discussing bliss-formed liṅgas, while also expanding to the fourteen worlds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse frames liṅga worship as a universal, multi-world sacred reality.