Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

लिंगं यः स्थापयेद्भक्त्या सप्तजन्मकृतादघात् । मुच्यते नात्र संदेहो विशुद्धः स्वर्गभाग्भवेत्

Transliteration

liṃgaṃ yaḥ sthāpayedbhaktyā saptajanmakṛtādaghāt | mucyate nātra saṃdeho viśuddhaḥ svargabhāgbhavet

Translation

ဘုရားရှင်ကို ရိုသေသဒ္ဓါဖြင့် ရှိဝလင်္ဂကို တည်ထောင်သူသည် ခုနစ်ဘဝတိုင် စုဆောင်းခဲ့သော အပြစ်မှ လွတ်မြောက်၏—သံသယမရှိ။ သန့်စင်ပြီးနောက် ကောင်းကင်ဘုံ၏ အခွင့်အရေးကို ရရှိ၏။

Word by Word

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

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्थापयेत्: should स्थापित/establish
• स्थापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त-धातु (causative)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषण; समासपूर्वपद (सप्तजन्म-समासे)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (सप्तजन्म-समासे)

• कृतात्: done/committed (from what is done)
• कृतात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle)

• अघात्: from sin
• अघात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विशुद्धः: purified
• विशुद्धः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• स्वर्गभाग्: having a share in heaven
• स्वर्गभाग्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग + भागिन्/भाग् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गस्य भागः यस्य/भागी)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context; speaker marker appears at 83)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general liṅga-pratiṣṭhā phala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī installs a Śiva-liṅga with waterpots, bilva leaves, lamps, and Vedic/Śaiva chants; the atmosphere suggests purification and ascent to svarga.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional installation of the Śiva-liṅga purifies accumulated karmic sin and leads to higher spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the supreme field for Śiva-worship and liṅga-pratiṣṭhā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sthāpana (installing/establishing a Śiva-liṅga) performed with bhakti (devotion).