Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन काशीफलमभीप्सुभिः । पूज्यान्येतानि लिंगानि भक्त्या परमया मुने

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena kāśīphalamabhīpsubhiḥ | pūjyānyetāni liṃgāni bhaktyā paramayā mune

Translation

پس اے مُنی! جو لوگ کاشی کے حقیقی پھل کے خواہاں ہیں، اُنہیں پوری کوشش کے ساتھ، اعلیٰ ترین بھکتی سے اِن لِنگوں کی پوجا کرنی چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (ablatival adverb) ‘तस्मात्’ = therefore/from that reason

• sarva-prayatnena: with every effort
• sarva-prayatnena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः सर्व + प्रयत्न (तत्पुरुष: ‘with all effort’); तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भावे

• kāśī-phalam: the fruit (benefit) of Kāśī
• kāśī-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः काशी + फल (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष: ‘fruit of Kāśī’)

• abhīpsubhiḥ: by those who desire (it)
• abhīpsubhiḥ: Karta (Agent group/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhīpsu (प्रातिपदिक; desiderative agent-noun from √āp/√īps)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण/सह), बहुवचन; ‘अभीप्सु’ = desiring

• pūjyāni: worthy to be worshipped
• pūjyāni: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; from √pūj)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण ‘to be worshipped’

• etāni: these
• etāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• liṅgāni: liṅgas
• liṅgāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• paramayā: supreme
• paramayā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘परमया (भक्त्या)’

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī — the set of worship-worthy liṅgas (etāni liṅgāni)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda’s directive becomes a pilgrimage tableau: devotees moving from shrine to shrine, offering flowers and lamps, with a sense of purposeful striving toward ‘Kāśī-phala’.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The ‘fruit of Kāśī’ is fulfilled through sincere, devoted worship rather than mere presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī as a sacred landscape where specific Śiva-liṅgas are central to its promised merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā/ārādhana of the liṅgas with paramā-bhakti and sustained effort.