Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सर्वरत्नमयं लिंगं जातं तत्सुकृतात्मनः । शक्रचापसमच्छायं सर्वरत्नद्युतिप्रभम्

Transliteration

sarvaratnamayaṃ liṃgaṃ jātaṃ tatsukṛtātmanaḥ | śakracāpasamacchāyaṃ sarvaratnadyutiprabham

Translation

اُس نیک سیرت کی نیکی کے اثر سے سراسر جواہرات سے بنا ہوا لِنگم ظاہر ہوا—اندرا کے قوسِ قزح جیسی جھلک والا اور ہر قیمتی نگینے کی تابانی سے درخشاں۔

Word by Word

• सर्वरत्नमयम्: made of all jewels
• सर्वरत्नमयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-रत्न-मय (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + रत्न + मय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; adjective)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• जातम्: arisen, produced
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘भूतम्/उत्पन्नम्’ (PPP; Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशक-विशेषणम् (Pronoun; Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; demonstrative)

• सुकृतात्मनः: of the virtuous-souled one
• सुकृतात्मनः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; सुकृत + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• शक्रचापसमच्छायम्: having a hue like Indra’s bow (rainbow)
• शक्रचापसमच्छायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्र-चाप-सम-छाया (प्रातिपदिक; शक्रचाप + सम + छाया)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; adjective)

• सर्वरत्नद्युतिप्रभम्: radiant with the lustre of all jewels
• सर्वरत्नद्युतिप्रभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-रत्न-द्युति-प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + रत्न + द्युति + प्रभ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; adjective)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Kāśī Khaṇḍa discourse tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaileśvara (ratna-liṅga episode) within Kāśīkṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages / ‘muni’ addressed in passage context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly manifested liṅga composed of many gems, its surface refracting multicolored light like Indra’s rainbow; devotees and sages gaze in wonder as the kṣetra glows.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great merit (puṇya) culminates in direct encounter with Śiva’s luminous presence, symbolized by the jewel-made Liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaileśvara in Kāśī (Varanasi), presented as a radiant Liṅga-manifestation site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse highlights the fruit of accumulated merit and the sanctity of darśana.