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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

स्कन्द उवाच । ज्येष्ठेश्वरस्य परितो लिंगान्यन्यानि यानि तु । तानि ते कथयिष्यामि शृणु वातापितापन

Transliteration

skanda uvāca | jyeṣṭheśvarasya parito liṃgānyanyāni yāni tu | tāni te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu vātāpitāpana

Translation

สกันทร์ตรัสว่า: “โอ วาตาปิตาปนะ จงฟังเถิด บัดนี้เราจักเล่าให้เจ้าฟังถึงลึงค์ศักดิ์สิทธิ์อื่น ๆ ที่ตั้งอยู่รายรอบพระชเยษเฐศวร”

Word by Word
स्कन्दःSkanda
स्कन्दः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
ज्येष्ठेश्वरस्यof Jyeṣṭheśvara
ज्येष्ठेश्वरस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootज्येष्ठेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: ज्येष्ठ + ईश्वर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
परितःaround
परितः:
Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण-भाव)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरितः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक-अव्यय/क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘around’)
लिङ्गानिliṅgas (Śiva-emblems)
लिङ्गानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन
अन्यानिother
अन्यानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘लिङ्गानि’)
यानिwhich
यानि:
Anuyogi (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
तुindeed/and
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle: emphasis/contrast)
तानिthose
तानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Acc./Dat. 2nd/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कथयिष्यामिI will tell
कथयिष्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (धातु; णिजन्त)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
Kriya (Injunction/आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन
वातापितापनO Vātāpitāpana
वातापितापन:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवातापितापन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधन (address)
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jyeṣṭheśvara-parisara liṅga-saṅgraha (introductory)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vātāpitāpana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda, as narrator, begins enumerating the surrounding liṅgas of Jyeṣṭheśvara, evoking a sacred map of Kāśī with clustered shrines and water-bodies.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda
J
Jyeṣṭheśvara
V
Vātāpitāpana

FAQs

Sacred places in Kāśī are interconnected; learning and honoring the network of liṅgas around a principal shrine is itself a form of devotion.

The area surrounding Jyeṣṭheśvara in Kāśī (Varanasi), introducing its associated liṅgas.

A preparatory instruction: attentive listening to the māhātmya describing the liṅgas around Jyeṣṭheśvara.

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