Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

कृतकूपोदकस्नानः कृतैतल्लिंगपूजनः । वर्षेण सिद्धिमाप्नोति मनोभिलषितां नरः

Transliteration

kṛtakūpodakasnānaḥ kṛtaitalliṃgapūjanaḥ | varṣeṇa siddhimāpnoti manobhilaṣitāṃ naraḥ

Translation

جو شخص کنویں کے پانی سے غسل کرے اور اس لِنگ کی پوجا کرے، وہ ایک ہی سال میں اپنے دل کی چاہی ہوئی سِدھی حاصل کر لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• कृतकूपोदकस्नानः: one who has bathed in the well-water
• कृतकूपोदकस्नानः: Visheshana (Adjective of naraḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + कूप + उदक + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (kūpa-udake snānaṃ kṛtam yena)

• कृत: done
• कृत: (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; (past passive participle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (as determiner), एकवचन; demonstrative ‘this’

• लिङ्गपूजनः: worship of the liṅga
• लिङ्गपूजनः: Visheshana (as part of kṛtaitalliṅgapūjanaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग + पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (liṅgasya pūjanam)

• कृतैतल्लिंगपूजनः: one who has performed worship of this liṅga
• कृतैतल्लिंगपूजनः: Visheshana (Adjective of naraḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + एतत् + लिङ्ग + पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (etat-liṅga-pūjanaṃ kṛtam yena)

• वर्षेण: within a year / by a year
• वर्षेण: Karana (Time-measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; काल-करणे (instrumental of time)

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

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मनोभिलषिताम्: desired by the mind
• मनोभिलषिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of siddhim)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् + अभिलषित (प्रातिपदिक; √लष्/लष् ‘to desire’ + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः (manasā abhilaṣitā)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kālodaka-kūpa and its Liṅga (etallinga)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/seekers hearing Kāśī-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes ablution with well-water, then offers bilva and flowers to a black stone liṅga; a calendar wheel motif suggests ‘within a year’; the devotee’s thought-bubble shows the desired siddhi (health, progeny, knowledge).

Characters & Entities

• Kālodaka
• Vṛddhakāleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a powerful tirtha, simple acts—snāna and pūjā—ripen quickly into tangible spiritual fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kālodaka-kūpa (the well) and the nearby Vṛddhakāleśvara Liṅga in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna with the well’s water and worship (pūjā) of the Liṅga, with a promised result within one year.