Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

महालिंगं समभ्यर्च्य महाश्रद्धासमन्वितः । महतीं श्रियमाप्नोति लोकेत्र च परत्र च

Transliteration

mahāliṃgaṃ samabhyarcya mahāśraddhāsamanvitaḥ | mahatīṃ śriyamāpnoti loketra ca paratra ca

Translation

ਜੋ ਮਹਾਨ ਸ਼ਰਧਾ ਨਾਲ ਮਹਾਲਿੰਗ ਦੀ ਅਰਚਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਇੱਥੇ ਵੀ ਅਤੇ ਪਰਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਵੱਡੀ ਸਮ੍ਰਿੱਧੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• महालिङ्गम्: the great liṅga
• महालिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + अभि + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: अर्च्-धातोः ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive); ‘having duly worshipped’

• महाश्रद्धासमन्वितः: endowed with great faith
• महाश्रद्धासमन्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + श्रद्धा + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (महती श्रद्धा यस्य/येन समन्वितः); विशेषणम् (कर्ता)

• महतीम्: great
• महतीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (श्रियम्)

• श्रियम्: prosperity, fortune
• श्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• इत्र: here (in this life)
• इत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘here’ अर्थे (adverbial particle, in this world)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• परत्र: in the hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (adverb: in the other world/after death)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāliṅga (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee with folded hands worships the Mahāliṅga with intense faith; offerings arranged neatly; a subtle split-scene symbolism: one side shows household prosperity (grain, lamps, family well-being), the other shows a luminous path upward (afterlife auspiciousness).

Characters & Entities

• Mahāliṅga
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith-filled worship (śraddhā) in Kāśī’s great liṅga is said to harmonize worldly well-being with spiritual welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahāliṅga shrine in Kāśī (introduced as a manifestation connected with Sthaleśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samabhyarcana—devout worship of the Mahāliṅga with mahā-śraddhā.