Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
Devanagari script
यत्तल्लिंगं महापुण्यं मुक्तिं दास्यति शाश्वतीम । अस्य लिंगस्य ये भक्तास्तान्दृष्ट्वा सूर्यनंदनः
Transliteration
yattalliṃgaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ muktiṃ dāsyati śāśvatīma | asya liṃgasya ye bhaktāstāndṛṣṭvā sūryanaṃdanaḥ
Translation
ลึงค์นั้นเป็นมหาบุญยิ่ง และจักประทานโมกษะอันนิรันดร์ และบรรดาภักตะของลึงค์นี้—เมื่อสุริยนন্দนะ (ยม) ได้เห็นพวกเขา…
Word by Word
यत्which
यत्:
Sambandha (Relative pronoun/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)
तत्that
तत्:
Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देश (correlative)
लिंगम्liṅga
लिंगम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
महापुण्यम्greatly meritorious
महापुण्यम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहā-पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्गम्-विशेषण)
मुक्तिम्liberation
मुक्तिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म
दास्यतिwill give
दास्यति:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
शाश्वतीम्eternal
शाश्वतीम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशाश्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (मुक्तिम्-विशेषण)
अस्यof this
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)
लिंगस्यof the liṅga
लिंगस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
येwho
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)
भक्ताःdevotees
भक्ताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √भज् (धातु) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
तान्them
तान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्म
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदृष्ट्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त; √दृश् (धातु) + त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): पूर्वकालिक क्रिया ‘देखकर’
सूर्यनंदनःSūryanandana (son of the Sun; Yama)
सूर्यनंदनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य-नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (यमः)
Speaker
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Narmadeśvara
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A radiant liṅga emanates light; devotees stand serene; Yama, the Sun’s son, approaches with folded hands, bowing in reverence rather than fearsome judgment.
Characters & Entities
N
Narmadeśvara LiṅgaŚ
ŚivaS
Sūryanandana (Yama)FAQs
Devotion to a sanctified Śiva-liṅga is portrayed as a direct cause of liberation.
The Narmadeśvara liṅga associated with Narmadā is glorified.
Implicitly, bhakti (devotional worship) to the Narmadeśvara liṅga.