Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

तस्माल्लिंगं त्वमप्यर्क समर्चय महेशितुः । संप्राप्तं परमां लक्ष्मीं महातेजोभि जृंभणीम्

Transliteration

tasmālliṃgaṃ tvamapyarka samarcaya maheśituḥ | saṃprāptaṃ paramāṃ lakṣmīṃ mahātejobhi jṛṃbhaṇīm

Translation

ฉะนั้น โอ อรฺกะ (สุริยะ) ท่านจงบูชาลึงค์ของพระมหีศิตะด้วยเถิด; ด้วยการนั้นท่านจักบรรลุพระลักษมีอันสูงสุด คือศรีอันประเสริฐที่แผ่ขยายด้วยรัศมีอันยิ่งใหญ่

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-शब्दः हेत्वर्थे (ablative used adverbially: 'therefore')

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुषार्थक-सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• अर्क: O Arka (Sun)
• अर्क: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• समर्चय: worship
• समर्चय: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• महेशितुः: of Maheśa (Śiva)
• महेशितुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• संप्राप्तम्: attained, obtained
• संप्राप्तम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; (लिङ्गम् इति कर्मपदस्य विशेषणम्)

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लक्ष्मीम्: prosperity, fortune
• लक्ष्मीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• महातेजोभिः: with great splendors
• महातेजोभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (महत् तेजः यस्याः/यस्य)

• जृम्भणीम्: expansive, flourishing
• जृम्भणीम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जृम्भणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (लक्ष्मीम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (liṅga worship context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Arka/Bhāskara (Sūrya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari exhorts Arka (Sūrya) to worship Maheśvara’s liṅga; the scene glows with solar radiance merging into the cool sanctity of a Śiva shrine, symbolizing tejas expanding into spiritual prosperity.

Characters & Entities

• Arka (Sūrya)
• Maheśa (Śiva)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the Sun is enjoined to honor Śiva’s Liṅga, teaching that divine radiance itself is perfected through devotion to Maheśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is situated in Kāśī’s sacred narrative framework (Kāśīkhaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samarcana—formal worship of Śiva’s Liṅga.