Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

स्कन्द उवाच । ज्येष्ठेश्वरस्य परितो लिंगान्यन्यानि यानि तु । तानि ते कथयिष्यामि शृणु वातापितापन

Transliteration

skanda uvāca | jyeṣṭheśvarasya parito liṃgānyanyāni yāni tu | tāni te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu vātāpitāpana

Translation

စကန္ဒက မိန့်တော်မူသည်— “အို ဝါတာပိတာပန၊ နားထောင်လော့။ ယခု ဂျေဋ္ဌေရှွရ၏ ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်၌ တည်ရှိသော အခြား သန့်ရှင်းသော လင်္ဂများကို သင်အား ပြောပြမည်။”

Word by Word

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ज्येष्ठेश्वरस्य: of Jyeṣṭheśvara
• ज्येष्ठेश्वरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: ज्येष्ठ + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• परितः: around
• परितः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परितः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक-अव्यय/क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘around’)

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas (Śiva-emblems)
• लिङ्गानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• अन्यानि: other
• अन्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘लिङ्गानि’)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Anuyogi (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Acc./Dat. 2nd/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कथयिष्यामि: I will tell
• कथयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; णिजन्त)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Injunction/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• वातापितापन: O Vātāpitāpana
• वातापितापन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वातापितापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधन (address)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jyeṣṭheśvara-parisara liṅga-saṅgraha (introductory)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vātāpitāpana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda, as narrator, begins enumerating the surrounding liṅgas of Jyeṣṭheśvara, evoking a sacred map of Kāśī with clustered shrines and water-bodies.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Jyeṣṭheśvara
• Vātāpitāpana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places in Kāśī are interconnected; learning and honoring the network of liṅgas around a principal shrine is itself a form of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The area surrounding Jyeṣṭheśvara in Kāśī (Varanasi), introducing its associated liṅgas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A preparatory instruction: attentive listening to the māhātmya describing the liṅgas around Jyeṣṭheśvara.