Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

न जातु जायते जंतोः कलुषस्य समुद्भवः । एतेषां शुभलिंगानां ज्येष्ठस्थानेति पावने

Transliteration

na jātu jāyate jaṃtoḥ kaluṣasya samudbhavaḥ | eteṣāṃ śubhaliṃgānāṃ jyeṣṭhasthāneti pāvane

Translation

ଏହି ଶୁଭଲିଙ୍ଗମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧିତ ଜନରେ କଦାପି କଳୁଷତାର ଉଦ୍ଭବ ହୁଏ ନାହିଁ; କାରଣ ଏହି ଶୁଭଲିଙ୍ଗମାନେ ପରମ ପାବନ ଜ୍ୟେଷ୍ଠସ୍ଥାନରେ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠିତ।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• जातु: ever/at any time
• जातु: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jātu (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• जायते: is born/arises
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• जन्तोः: of a creature
• जन्तोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• कलुषस्य: of impurity/sin
• कलुषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaluṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• समुद्भवः: origin/arising
• समुद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम्

• शुभलिङ्गानाम्: of the auspicious liṅgas
• शुभलिङ्गानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम्; कर्मधारय-समासः (śubhāni liṅgāni)

• ज्येष्ठस्थाने: in (the place called) Jyeṣṭhasthāna
• ज्येष्ठस्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (jyeṣṭhasya sthānam)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• पावने: in the purifying (place)
• पावने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Skanda (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jyeṣṭhasthāna

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahāmune (sage interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene vision of Kāśī’s Jyeṣṭhasthāna: multiple auspicious liṅgas arranged in a sanctified precinct, with devotees approaching in calm reverence; the atmosphere suggests innate purity and protection from defilement.

Characters & Entities

• Jyeṣṭhasthāna
• Śiva-liṅgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with Kāśī’s auspicious liṅgas—especially at Jyeṣṭhasthāna—is portrayed as inherently purifying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jyeṣṭhasthāna in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), described as a particularly purifying sacred locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is listed; the verse emphasizes the purificatory power of the place and its liṅgas.