Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

कपिलश्चैव सावर्णिः श्रीकंठः पिगलोंशुमान् । एते पाशुपताः सिद्धास्तल्लिंगाराधनेन हि

Transliteration

kapilaścaiva sāvarṇiḥ śrīkaṃṭhaḥ pigaloṃśumān | ete pāśupatāḥ siddhāstalliṃgārādhanena hi

Translation

กปิละ สาวรรณิ ศรีกัณฐะ และปิกล้องศุมาน—เหล่าผู้ภักดีฝ่ายปาศุปตะเหล่านี้ ได้เป็นผู้สำเร็จ (สิทธะ) จริงด้วยการบูชาลึงค์นั้น

Word by Word

• कपिलः: Kapila
• कपिलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• सावर्णिः: Sāvarṇi
• सावर्णिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावर्णि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम)

• श्रीकण्ठः: Śrīkaṇṭha
• श्रीकण्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम); कर्मधारयः

• पिगलांशुमान्: Pigaloṃśumān (a name)
• पिगलांशुमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिगल + अंशुमत् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम); अंशुमत्-प्रातिपदिक (मतुप्)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (pronoun)

• पाशुपताः: Pāśupatas (followers of Paśupati)
• पाशुपताः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाशुपत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सिद्धाः: accomplished, perfected
• सिद्धाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (एते/पाशुपताः)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्ग)

• लिङ्गाराधनेन: by worship of the liṅga
• लिङ्गाराधनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग + आराधन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (liṅgasya ārādhanena)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: for/indeed)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

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

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Damana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four ascetics—Kapila, Sāvarṇi, Śrīkaṇṭha, Pigaloṃśumān—stand or sit around the liṅga, offering bilva and water; their bodies show yogic radiance, signifying siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Oṃkāra-liṅga
• Kapila
• Sāvarṇi
• Śrīkaṇṭha
• Pigaloṃśumān
• Pāśupata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text validates liṅga-worship in Kāśī as a proven means to spiritual perfection, exemplified by renowned Pāśupata devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Oṃkāra-liṅga of Kāśī, praised as the source of siddhi for Pāśupatas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional worship) of the liṅga; details are expanded in the subsequent verse(s).