Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

भग्नान्यपि च कालेन तानि पूज्यानि सुंदरि । परार्धशतसंख्यानि गणितान्येकदा मया

Transliteration

bhagnānyapi ca kālena tāni pūjyāni suṃdari | parārdhaśatasaṃkhyāni gaṇitānyekadā mayā

Translation

اے حسین! اگرچہ زمانے نے انہیں توڑ بھی دیا ہو، پھر بھی وہ پوجا کے لائق ہیں۔ میں نے ایک بار انہیں گنا تھا—پراردھ کے سینکڑوں، بے حد و حساب۔

Word by Word

• भग्नानि: broken
• भग्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भग्न (कृदन्त; √भञ्ज् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘broken’

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); ‘even/also’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कालेन: by time; with time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (they/them)

• पूज्यानि: worthy of worship
• पूज्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (कृदन्त; √पूज् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेयविशेषण; ‘to be worshipped’ (gerundive/तव्यत्-भाव)

• सुंदरि: O beautiful one
• सुंदरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• परार्धशतसंख्यानि: numbering a hundred parārdhas
• परार्धशतसंख्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परार्ध-शत-संख्या (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्देशार्थ समास: ‘परार्धशतस्य संख्या’ = having the number of a hundred parārdhas

• गणितानि: counted
• गणितानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गणित (कृदन्त; √गण् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘counted’

• एकदा: once
• एकदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta/Kāśī-kṣetra (general liṅga-mahātmya context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (Devī, ‘sundarī’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks to the Goddess about innumerable ancient liṅgas of Kāśī—some weathered, broken by time—yet still radiant with sanctity; the sense is of a city layered with unseen antiquity.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Kāla (Time)
• Śiva-liṅga
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacredness is not destroyed by decay; in Kāśī, even time-worn liṅgas remain worthy of pūjā and continue to confer merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s liṅga-saturated sacred landscape, where innumerable consecrations endure in sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The key injunction is to worship (pūjā) even broken/aged liṅgas.