Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

मच्चरित्रमिदं श्रुत्वा स्मृत्वा लिंगमिदं हृदि । संग्रामे प्रविशन्मर्त्यो जयमाप्नोति नान्यथा

Transliteration

maccaritramidaṃ śrutvā smṛtvā liṃgamidaṃ hṛdi | saṃgrāme praviśanmartyo jayamāpnoti nānyathā

Translation

ครั้นได้สดับเรื่องราวของเรา และระลึกลึงค์นี้ไว้ในดวงหทัย มนุษย์ผู้เข้าสู่สมรภูมิย่อมได้ชัยชนะ—หาใช่วิธีอื่นไม่

Word by Word

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनार्थे (genitive sense) उपपद-पूर्वपद; समासपूर्वपद (my)

• चरित्रम्: deed/story
• चरित्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• स्मृत्वा: having remembered
• स्मृत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having remembered)

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

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रविशन्: entering
• प्रविशन्: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (entering)

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जयम्: victory
• जयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: otherwise)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed) Kāśī-liṅga (internalized through remembrance)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-puṅgavas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A warrior, having heard Śiva’s story, enters battle with the liṅga visualized in his heart; a subtle Śiva-tejas surrounds him, turning the tide to victory.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• battle (saṃgrāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (hearing) and smaraṇa (remembrance) of Śiva are framed as inner spiritual armor that grants success in righteous struggle.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Vyāghreśvara Liṅga, whose remembrance is praised as victory-bestowing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa of the māhātmya and hṛdaya-smaraṇa (heart-held remembrance) of the Liṅga.