Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

तत्र शांतनवं लिंगं गंगातीरे प्रतिष्ठितम् । तद्दृष्ट्वा शांतिमाप्नोति नरः संसारतापितः

Transliteration

tatra śāṃtanavaṃ liṃgaṃ gaṃgātīre pratiṣṭhitam | taddṛṣṭvā śāṃtimāpnoti naraḥ saṃsāratāpitaḥ

Translation

ထိုနေရာ၌ ဂင်္ဂါမြစ်ကမ်းပေါ်တွင် ‘ရှာန်တနဝ’ လင်္ဂကို တည်ထောင်ထားသည်။ ထိုလင်္ဂကို မြင်လျှင် သံသရာ၏ အပူကြောင့် လောင်ကျွမ်းနေသူသည် ငြိမ်းချမ်းမှုကို ရရှိသည်။

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• शान्तनवम्: Śāṃtanava (named/related to Śāṃtanu)
• शान्तनवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्तनव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्ग-विशेषण)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गङ्गातीरे: on the bank of the Gaṅgā
• गङ्गातीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गङ्गायाः तीरम्)

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: established; installed
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (लिङ्गम् इति कर्मणि)

• तत्: that (liṅga)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• शान्तिम्: peace
• शान्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संसारतापितः: tormented by worldly existence
• संसारतापितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + तापित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (संसारेण तापितः) / कर्मधारयार्थ; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (तप्-धातोः caus./तापय्)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śāṃtanava Liṅga

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a Gaṅgā ghat, a modest shrine houses the Śāṃtanava Liṅga; a weary pilgrim approaches, hands folded; the river glows softly, and the pilgrim’s posture relaxes into peace after darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Śāṃtanava-liṅga
• Gaṅgā
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-darśana in Kāśī is portrayed not only as liberation-oriented, but as immediate inner pacification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śāṃtanava-liṅga on the Gaṅgā bank in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (pilgrimage viewing) of the Śāṃtanava-liṅga for śānti.