Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

देवदेव उवाच । एवमस्तु यदुक्तं ते तव लिंगसमर्चकाः । समृद्धिभाजनं वै स्युः स्युश्च निर्वाणदीक्षिताः

Transliteration

devadeva uvāca | evamastu yaduktaṃ te tava liṃgasamarcakāḥ | samṛddhibhājanaṃ vai syuḥ syuśca nirvāṇadīkṣitāḥ

Translation

Sinabi ni Devadeva: “Mangyari nawa ayon sa iyong sinabi. Ang mga sumasamba sa iyong Liṅga ay tunay na magiging tagatanggap ng kasaganaan, at sila rin ay tatanggap ng dikṣā tungo sa nirvāṇa.”

Word by Word

• devadeva: Devadeva (Lord of gods)
• devadeva: Karta (speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (or संबोधन in context of speaker tag); here as speaker designation

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriyā (benediction/assent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• yat: what/that which
• yat: Sambandha (relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (relative)

• uktam: said/spoken
• uktam: Kriyā (predicate complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• te: by you / to you
• te: Sambandha (relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Dative/Genitive); एकवचन; here: ‘by you/for you’ (context favors genitive: ‘by you’ as speaker addressed)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive); एकवचन

• liṅgasamarcakāḥ: worshippers of the liṅga
• liṅgasamarcakāḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + sam-√arc (धातु) + -ka (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; (liṅga-samarcaka = worshipper of the liṅga)

• samṛddhibhājanam: a receptacle of prosperity
• samṛddhibhājanam: Kriyā (predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhājana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• syuḥ: may they be
• syuḥ: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• syuḥ: and may they be
• syuḥ: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन (repeated with ca)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• nirvāṇadīkṣitāḥ: initiates consecrated for liberation
• nirvāṇadīkṣitāḥ: Karta (subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirvāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + dīkṣita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; (initiated for liberation)

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvakarma-liṅga (Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viśvakarman

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Devadeva) solemnly grants the boon: worshippers of Viśvakarman’s liṅga will gain prosperity and be initiated toward nirvāṇa; the liṅga glows as a focal axis between worldly and transcendent realms.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Viśvakarman
• Liṅga
• Samṛddhi (prosperity)
• Nirvāṇa (liberation)
• Kāśī
• Ānandavana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kāśī’s sacred sphere, Śiva’s grace unites worldly well-being (samṛddhi) with the highest goal (nirvāṇa) for sincere Liṅga worshippers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (especially the Ānandavana context), where worship of the established Liṅga is promised exceptional fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-samarcana (devotional worship) of the consecrated Liṅga, yielding both prosperity and liberation-oriented consecration (nirvāṇa-dīkṣā).