Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

रुद्राणां कोटिजप्येन यत्फलं परिकीर्तितम् । तत्फलं लभ्यते देवि रत्नेशस्य समर्चनात्

Transliteration

rudrāṇāṃ koṭijapyena yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam | tatphalaṃ labhyate devi ratneśasya samarcanāt

Translation

ਹੇ ਦੇਵੀ! ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਮੰਤਰ ਦਾ ਕਰੋੜਾਂ ਜਪ ਕਰਨ ਨਾਲ ਜੋ ਫਲ ਕਿਹਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ, ਉਹੀ ਫਲ ਰਤਨੇਸ਼ ਦੀ ਯਥਾਵਿਧਿ ਸਮਰਚਨਾ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• rudrāṇām: of the Rudras
• rudrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन (plural)

• koṭi-japyena: by (means of) a crore-fold japa
• koṭi-japyena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi + japya (कृदन्त; √jap धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भावार्थः: ‘कोट्या जप्यम्’ इति (a japa of a crore)

• yat-phalam: whatever fruit (result)
• yat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुषः (yad eva phalam)

• parikīrtitam: has been proclaimed
• parikīrtitam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + kīrt (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• tat-phalam: that fruit
• tat-phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• labhyate: is obtained
• labhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• ratneśasya: of Ratneśa
• ratneśasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ratnānām īśaḥ)

• sam-arcanāt: from proper worship
• sam-arcanāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sam + arcana (प्रातिपदिक; √arc धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन (singular); अपादानार्थः (source/cause)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers flowers and bilva to Ratneśa; behind, a symbolic visualization of ‘ten million japa’ appears as a cascade of mantra syllables dissolving into the liṅga’s radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Rudra-japa
• Ratneśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kāśī, sincere shrine-worship can concentrate the fruits of long austerities and massive mantra-repetition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratneśvara (Ratneśa) Liṅga in Avimukta Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samarcana (proper worship) of Ratneśa; it is compared to koṭi-japa of Rudra.