Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे महापुण्ये लिंगमोंकारसंज्ञकम् । तत्र सिद्धिं परां प्राप्ता देहेनानेन साधकाः

Transliteration

tasminkṣetre mahāpuṇye liṃgamoṃkārasaṃjñakam | tatra siddhiṃ parāṃ prāptā dehenānena sādhakāḥ

Translation

ในกษेत्रอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ยิ่งและเปี่ยมบุญนั้น มีลึงค์นามว่า “โอมการะ”; ณ ที่นั้น เหล่าสาธกบรรลุสิทธิสูงสุดได้แม้อยู่ในกายนี้เอง

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महापुण्ये: very meritorious
• महापुण्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापुण्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (क्षेत्रे)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ओंकारसंज्ञकम्: named ‘Oṃkāra’
• ओंकारसंज्ञकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ओंकार + संज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (oṃkārasya saṃjñā yasya) विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सिद्धिम्: attainment, success
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सिद्धिम्)

• प्राप्ताः: attained
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having attained’

• देहेन: by/with the body
• देहेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)

• साधकाः: practitioners
• साधकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Oṃkāra-liṅga (Varaṇā-taṭa, Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Damana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant liṅga marked by the sense of praṇava—subtle ‘Oṃ’ aura—enshrined near a riverbank; ascetics in meditation, some depicted with luminous bodies indicating siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Oṃkāra-liṅga
• Śiva
• Sādhakas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship in Kāśī—especially at the Oṃkāra-liṅga—is depicted as a direct path to the highest realization, even while embodied.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Oṃkāra-liṅga shrine within the mahāpuṇya kṣetra of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, devotion and worship of the Oṃkāra-liṅga; no detailed rite is specified in this verse.