Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

काश्मीरादिह संप्राप्तं लिंगं विजयसंज्ञितम् । सदा विजयदं पुंसां प्राच्यां शालकटंकटात्

Transliteration

kāśmīrādiha saṃprāptaṃ liṃgaṃ vijayasaṃjñitam | sadā vijayadaṃ puṃsāṃ prācyāṃ śālakaṭaṃkaṭāt

Translation

کشمیر سے یہاں آیا ہوا ‘وجے’ نامی لِنگ سدا انسانوں کو فتح عطا کرتا ہے؛ یہ مشرق کی سمت، ‘شالکٹنکٹ’ نامی نشان سے آگے واقع ہے۔

Word by Word

• काश्मीरात्: from Kashmir
• काश्मीरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्मीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• संप्राप्तम्: arrived, obtained
• संप्राप्तम्: Karma (Object qualified/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्√प्राप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गस्य)

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

• विजयसंज्ञितम्: named ‘Vijaya’
• विजयसंज्ञितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजय-संज्ञित (प्रातिपदिक; विजय + संज्ञित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः — ‘विजय इति संज्ञा यस्य’ (नामधेय)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• विजयदम्: victory-giving
• विजयदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजय-द (प्रातिपदिक; विजय + द)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः — ‘विजयं ददाति’ (उपपद-समास/कर्मधारयार्थ)

• पुंसाम्: of men, for people
• पुंसाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• प्राच्याम्: in the east
• प्राच्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; दिशावाचक

• शालकटंकटात्: from Śālakaṭaṃkaṭa (place-name)
• शालकटंकटात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल-कटंकट (प्रातिपदिक; शाल + कटंकट)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (स्थाननाम)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vijaya (Vijayeśa) Liṅga (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga labeled ‘Vijaya’ installed in a Kāśī shrine; a faint Himalayan/Kāśmīra motif (snow peaks, chinar leaves) suggests its origin; an eastward arrow or sunrise indicates ‘prācī’ placement beyond Śālakaṭaṅkaṭa.

Characters & Entities

• Vijaya Liṅga
• Kāśmīra
• Kāśī
• Śālakaṭaṅkaṭa (toponym)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s presence in Kāśī grants practical and spiritual triumph—victory is framed as a fruit of devotion and sacred proximity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vijaya-named Liṅga in Kāśī, described as originating from Kāśmīra and located toward the east near Śālakaṭaṅkaṭa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit here; the verse establishes the shrine’s identity and its victory-bestowing phala.