Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

समर्च्य शांभवं लिंगमपिजन्मशतार्जितम् । पापपुंजं जहात्येव पुमानत्र क्षणाद्ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

samarcya śāṃbhavaṃ liṃgamapijanmaśatārjitam | pāpapuṃjaṃ jahātyeva pumānatra kṣaṇāddhruvam

Translation

یہاں شَامبھَو لِنگ کی پوجا کرنے سے انسان سو جنموں میں جمع کیے ہوئے گناہوں کے ڈھیر کو بھی یقیناً ایک ہی لمحے میں جھاڑ دیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• समर्च्य: having worshipped
• समर्च्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• शाम्भवम्: belonging to Śambhu; Śaiva
• शाम्भवम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् लिङ्गस्य

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-निपात (particle: even/also)

• जन्म-शत-अर्जितम्: acquired over a hundred births
• जन्म-शत-अर्जितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: जन्मशतेन अर्जितम् (acquired over a hundred births)

• पाप-पुञ्जम्: a heap of sins
• पाप-पुञ्जम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + पुञ्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: पापानां पुञ्जः

• जहाति: abandons/gives up
• जहाति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nishchaya/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• पुमान्: a man/person
• पुमान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• क्षणात्: in a moment; instantly
• क्षणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular)

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverbial use of neuter accusative)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śāmbhava-liṅga in Kāśī (as referenced)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee worships the Śāmbhava liṅga; dark smoke-like ‘pāpa’ dissolves instantly into light; the sanctum glows as if cleansing generations of burden.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śambhu)
• Śāmbhava-liṅga
• Kāśī (implied by section)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace in Kāśī is portrayed as immediate and transformative: liṅga worship destroys even long-accumulated karmic impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, where Śāmbhava-liṅga worship is said to grant instant purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samarcana—worship/arcana of the Śāmbhava liṅga.