Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

पराशरेश्वरादीनां लिंगानामिह संभवम् । श्रुत्वा नरो न लिप्येत महापातककर्दमैः

Transliteration

parāśareśvarādīnāṃ liṃgānāmiha saṃbhavam | śrutvā naro na lipyeta mahāpātakakardamaiḥ

Translation

பராசரேஸ்வரர் முதலான லிங்கங்கள் இங்கு தோன்றிய வரலாற்றைக் கேட்பதாலேயே, ஒரு மனிதன் மகாபாவங்கள் என்னும் சேற்றில் சிக்கிக்கொள்வதில்லை.

Word by Word

• पराशरेश्वरादीनाम्: of Parāśareśvara and others
• पराशरेश्वरादीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशरेश्वर + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘पराशरेश्वर-आदि’ इति समाहार-तत्पुरुष; लिङ्गानाम् इति विशेषण (सम्बन्ध)

• लिङ्गानाम्: of the liṅgas
• लिङ्गानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• संभवम्: origin, account of arising
• संभवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु) → संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘उत्पत्तिः/वृत्तान्तः’ अर्थे

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having heard)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• लिप्येत: would be tainted
• लिप्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-भावे ‘be tainted’

• महापातककर्दमैः: by the mire of great sins
• महापातककर्दमैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + पातक + कर्दम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘महापातक-रूपैः कर्दमैः’ इति षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भावे तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Parāśareśvara (and associated Kāśī liṅgas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A storyteller recites the manifestations of Parāśareśvara and other Kāśī liṅgas; listeners appear cleansed, with dark ‘mire of sins’ symbolically washing away into light around the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Parāśareśvara
• other Liṅgas (ādīni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa of Kāśī’s Liṅga-māhātmya is itself purificatory, countering the stain of major wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s network of Liṅgas, explicitly including Parāśareśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the accounts of the Liṅgas’ manifestations (saṃbhava).