Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

पवमानेश्वरं लिंगं मध्ये जन्मसकृन्नरः । यथोक्तविधिना पूज्य सुगंधस्नपनादिभिः

Transliteration

pavamāneśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ madhye janmasakṛnnaraḥ | yathoktavidhinā pūjya sugaṃdhasnapanādibhiḥ

Translation

انسان کو زندگی کے دوران کم از کم ایک بار پَوَمانیشور کے لِنگ کی مقررہ विधि کے مطابق پوجا کرنی چاہیے—خوشبودار اشنان اور دیگر نذرانوں کے ساتھ۔

Word by Word

• पवमानेश्वरम्: Pavamāneśvara (name of Śiva)
• पवमानेश्वरम्: कर्म (Object; of implied पूजयेत्/समाराध्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवमान-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; पवमान + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘Lord of Pavamāna’)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: कर्म (Object; apposition to पवमानेश्वरम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-निभ (locative adverbial usage), सप्तमी-अर्थे (in the middle)

• जन्म: birth, lifetime
• जन्म: सम्बन्ध (Relation within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-सम्बन्धार्थे (genitive relation as first member), एकवचन (Singular); समासपूर्वपद

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), कालवाचक (adverb of frequency: ‘once’)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘as/according to’)

• उक्त: said, prescribed
• उक्त: विशेषण (Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), समासपूर्वपद; ‘said’

• विधिना: by the method
• विधिना: करण (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भाव: ‘by the prescribed method’)

• पूज्य: should be worshipped
• पूज्य: विधेय (Obligation/predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: ‘to be worshipped’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सम्भाव्य; here predicate/vidhi sense

• सुगन्ध: fragrance, perfumed
• सुगन्ध: सम्बन्ध (Relation within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुगन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (compound member)

• स्नपन: bathing, ablution
• स्नपन: सम्बन्ध (Relation within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नपन (प्रातिपदिक; स्नप्/स्ना-धातुजन्य)
• Form: समासमध्यपद (compound member)

• आदिभिः: with etcetera items (and the like)
• आदिभिः: करण (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (समाहार/‘etc.’ as last member of compound: ‘with perfumed bathing etc.’)

Speaker

Śiva (contextual, continuing the instruction/boon regarding Pavamāneśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pavamāneśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs fragrant abhiṣeka to Pavamāneśvara-liṅga with perfumed water, sandal paste, and flowers, following a priest’s guidance; the sanctum is intimate and ritual-focused.

Characters & Entities

• Pavamāneśvara
• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Kāśī (implicit context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a single properly performed act of Śiva-worship at a celebrated Kāśī-liṅga can be spiritually decisive.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pavamāneśvara Liṅga in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship as per yathokta-vidhi, especially sugandha-snapana (fragrant ablution/abhiṣeka) and related offerings.