Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

रत्नभूतस्य लिंगस्य काश्यां रत्नेश्वरस्य वै । नित्यं संदर्शनं प्राप्य वक्ष्याम्यपि वचो मुखे

Transliteration

ratnabhūtasya liṃgasya kāśyāṃ ratneśvarasya vai | nityaṃ saṃdarśanaṃ prāpya vakṣyāmyapi vaco mukhe

Translation

Tendo alcançado o darśana diário daquele Liṅga como joia—Ratneśvara em Kāśī, de fato—também eu direi as palavras diretamente, face a face.

Word by Word

• रत्नभूतस्य: of the jewel-formed
• रत्नभूतस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Genitive singular; तत्पुरुष (रत्नं भूतो यस्य/रत्नरूपः) विशेषणम् (लिङ्गस्य)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — Locative singular

• रत्नेश्वरस्य: of Ratneśvara
• रत्नेश्वरस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Genitive singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण (indeed; emphatic particle)

• नित्यम्: daily/always
• नित्यम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — कालवाचक (always; regularly)

• संदर्शनम्: seeing/visiting (darśana)
• संदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (क्त्वान्त) — Absolutive/gerund

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन — Simple future, 1st person singular

• अपि: also
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also; even)

• वचः: words/speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• मुखे: in (your) mouth/face
• मुखे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — Locative singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya; first-person narration present)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni / Gaurī (as addressed in surrounding context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A close-up shrine view: the Ratneśvara liṅga gleaming like a jewel, garlanded; Ratnāvalī stands near, as if about to speak directly to someone present, indicating immediacy and confidence born of darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Ratneśvara
• Liṅga
• Darśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular, faithful darśana of a sacred liṅga in a holy kṣetra becomes a transformative discipline and a source of spiritual authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratneśvara Liṅga in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is explicitly named and praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-saṃdarśana—daily visitation/darśana of Ratneśvara—is indicated as the key practice.