Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

स्थास्यामि लिंगरूपेण चिंतितार्थफलप्रदः । स्वयंभून्यस्वयंभूनि यानि लिंगानि सर्वतः । तानि सर्वाणि चायांति द्रष्टुं लिंगमिदं सदा

Transliteration

sthāsyāmi liṃgarūpeṇa ciṃtitārthaphalapradaḥ | svayaṃbhūnyasvayaṃbhūni yāni liṃgāni sarvataḥ | tāni sarvāṇi cāyāṃti draṣṭuṃ liṃgamidaṃ sadā

Translation

ငါသည် လင်္ဂရূপဖြင့် တည်နေမည်၊ စိတ်၌ ကြံစည်ထားသော အလိုဆန္ဒတို့၏ အကျိုးကို ပေးအပ်သူဖြစ်၏။ အရပ်ရပ်ရှိ လင်္ဂတို့—ကိုယ်တိုင်ပေါ်ထွန်းသောလင်္ဂနှင့် ပူဇော်တင်မြှောက်၍ တည်ထောင်ထားသောလင်္ဂတို့—အားလုံးသည် အမြဲတမ်း ဤလင်္ဂကို ကြည့်ရှုရန် လာကြသကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်၏။

Word by Word

• स्थास्यामि: I shall remain
• स्थास्यामि: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लिङ्गरूपेण: in the form of the liṅga
• लिङ्गरूपेण: Karana (Instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग-रूप (प्रातिपदिक; लिङ्ग + रूप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लिङ्गस्य रूपम्)

• चिन्तितार्थफलप्रदः: giver of the fruit of desired aims
• चिन्तितार्थफलप्रदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्तित-अर्थ-फल-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; चिन्तित + अर्थ + फल + प्रद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (चिन्तितस्य अर्थस्य फलस्य प्रदः)

• स्वयम्भूनि: self-manifested
• स्वयम्भूनि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वयम्भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गानि)

• अस्वयम्भूनि: not self-manifested
• अस्वयम्भूनि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-स्वयम्भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गानि)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-विशेषणम् (लिङ्गानि)

• लिङ्गानि: liṅgas
• लिङ्गानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• सर्वतः: from all sides, everywhere
• सर्वतः: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: from all sides / everywhere)

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; पूर्वोक्त-निर्देश

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (तानि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आयान्ति: come
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थक (purpose)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम्)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Śiva (first-person vow to remain as liṅga)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-liṅga (supreme liṅga of Avimukta; Viśveśvara paradigm)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant central liṅga in Kāśī is shown as the supreme manifestation; innumerable liṅgas from all directions—some self-manifest, some consecrated—are poetically depicted as ‘coming to behold’ it, like streams converging into a luminous axis.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Svayaṃbhū liṅgas
• Viśveśvara (implied as ‘this liṅga’)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s liṅga-presence in Kāśī is supreme and desire-fulfilling, portrayed as the focus of reverence for all liṅgas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The central liṅga of Viśveśvara in Kāśī, described as an ever-beheld, paramount liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana and worship of ‘this liṅga’ are implied as efficacious for attaining desired fruits.