Shloka 20 - Adhyaya 49 - Uttara Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Portuguese | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

अहं सर्वेषु लिंगेषु तिष्ठा्म्येव न संशयः । परं त्वियं परामूर्तिर्मम लिंगस्वरूपिणी

Transliteration

ahaṃ sarveṣu liṃgeṣu tiṣṭhā्myeva na saṃśayaḥ | paraṃ tviyaṃ parāmūrtirmama liṃgasvarūpiṇī

Translation

Eu habito, de fato, em todos os liṅgas—não há dúvida. Contudo, este (liṅga) é a minha manifestação suprema, que encarna a minha própria natureza de liṅga.

Word by Word

अहम्I

सर्वेषुin all

लिङ्गेषुin liṅgas

तिष्ठामिI abide

एवindeed

नnot / no

संशयःdoubt

परम्but, however

तुbut

इयम्this (she/this form)

परामूर्तिःthe supreme form

ममof me, my

लिङ्गस्वरूपिणीhaving the liṅga as (her) essential form

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Supreme Kāśī-liṅga (parāmūrti) within Avimukta

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-layer vision: a cosmic field of countless liṅgas indicating omnipresence, and at the center a single, more radiant liṅga marked as ‘parāmūrti’; Śiva’s voice asserts certainty (‘na saṃśayaḥ’).

Characters & Entities

Liṅga

Viśveśvara (implied supreme liṅga in context)

Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All liṅgas are Śiva’s presence, but Kāśī’s central manifestation is extolled as uniquely supreme.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśveśvara/Kāśī Viśvanātha as the ‘parāmūrti’ within the Kāśī kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it supports prioritizing worship/darśana of the supreme Kāśī liṅga.