Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

शंकुकर्णान्महाक्षेत्रान्महातेज इतीरितम् । लिंगमाविरभूदत्र महातेजोविवृद्धिदम्

Transliteration

śaṃkukarṇānmahākṣetrānmahāteja itīritam | liṃgamāvirabhūdatra mahātejovivṛddhidam

Translation

शङ्कुकर्णमहाक्षेत्रात् ‘महातेज’ इतीरितम् । अत्र लिङ्गमाविर्भूतं महातेजोविवृद्धिदम् ॥

Word by Word

• śaṃku-karṇāt: from (the place called) Śaṅkukarṇa
• śaṃku-karṇāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃku (प्रातिपदिक) + karṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शङ्कोः कर्णः/शङ्कुकर्णः तस्मात्)

• mahā-kṣetrāt: from the great sacred field
• mahā-kṣetrāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् क्षेत्रम्)

• mahā-tejaḥ: (it is called) Mahātejas
• mahā-tejaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् तेजः)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• īritam: is said/called
• īritam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īr (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘उक्तम्/कथितम्’

• liṅgam: the liṅga
• liṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• āvirabhūt: appeared
• āvirabhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु) उपसर्गः āvir- (आविर्)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• mahā-tejaḥ-vivṛddhi-dam: giver of increase of great splendor
• mahā-tejaḥ-vivṛddhi-dam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक) + vivṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + da (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from √dā/√do ‘to give’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (महातेजसः विवृद्धिं ददाति इति)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkukarṇa Mahākṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within the Śaṅkukarṇa mahākṣetra, a liṅga emerges or becomes revealed, surrounded by a halo of intense light; sages and pilgrims witness the manifestation with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkukarṇa
• Mahāteja (Liṅga)
• Liṅga
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine manifestations (āvirbhāva) of Śiva in Kāśī are presented as sources of tejas—inner radiance and upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṅkukarṇa mahākṣetra and the manifested Mahāteja liṅga at this place in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it identifies the liṅga’s manifestation and its spiritual effect.