Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

प्रिये चतुर्दशैतानि श्रियोहेतूनि सुंदरि । एतेषां समवायोयं मुक्तिक्षेत्रमिहेरितम्

Transliteration

priye caturdaśaitāni śriyohetūni suṃdari | eteṣāṃ samavāyoyaṃ muktikṣetramiheritam

Translation

โอ้ที่รัก โอ้ผู้เลอโฉม—ทั้งสิบสี่นี้เป็นเหตุแห่งศรีและความรุ่งเรือง. การรวมกันของสิ่งเหล่านี้เองที่ประกาศไว้ ณ ที่นี้ว่าเป็น “เกษตรแห่งโมกษะ”.

Word by Word

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8), एकवचन; संबोधन-प्रयोगः

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याविशेषणम्; एतानि इति विशेष्यस्य संख्या

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• श्रियः: of prosperity / fortune
• श्रियः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; हेतूनि इति सह सम्बन्धः

• हेतूनि: causes
• हेतूनि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• सुन्दरि: O beautiful one
• सुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8), एकवचन

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• समवायः: combination / conjunction
• समवायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समवाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुक्तिक्षेत्रम्: the field/region of liberation
• मुक्तिक्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुक्तेः क्षेत्रम्)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ईरितम्: has been declared / stated
• ईरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईर् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Muktikṣetra Kāśī (Avimukta) as the samavāya of fourteen liṅgas

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Pārvatī, gesturing to a mandala-like map of Kāśī with fourteen luminous liṅga-nodes whose combined radiance forms the ‘mukti-kṣetra’.

Characters & Entities

• Fourteen principal Liṅgas
• Mukti-kṣetra (Kāśī/Avimukta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s liberating power is not abstract: it is embodied in a network of sacred Śiva-liṅgas whose united sanctity makes the city a mukti-kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī/Avimukta, defined as the ‘mukti-kṣetra’ through the collective presence of fourteen principal liṅgas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it provides the doctrinal basis for undertaking darśana and worship of the fourteen liṅgas as a unified pilgrimage.