Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

विष्टपत्रितयांतःस्थोप्यहं लिंगे त्रिविष्टपे । तिष्ठामि सततं भक्तमनोरथसमृद्धये

Transliteration

viṣṭapatritayāṃtaḥsthopyahaṃ liṃge triviṣṭape | tiṣṭhāmi satataṃ bhaktamanorathasamṛddhaye

Translation

اگرچہ میں تری وِشٹپ، یعنی تینوں لوکوں کے اندر رہتا ہوں، پھر بھی میں اس لِنگ میں سدا قائم ہوں، تاکہ بھکت کے دل کی مرادیں پوری طرح پھلیں پھولیں۔

Word by Word

• विष्टपत्रितयाम्: in the three-leaved (bilva)
• विष्टपत्रितयाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्ट + पत्रि + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष/द्विगु-प्राय (त्रयः पत्रिणः यस्यां) (feminine locative singular: 'in the three-leaved (bilva)')

• अन्तःस्थः: situated within
• अन्तःस्थः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तःस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative singular: 'situated within')

• अपि: even
• अपि: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (particle: 'also/even')

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (1st person pronoun nominative singular)

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter locative singular)

• त्रिविष्टपे: in heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine locative singular)

• तिष्ठामि: I remain / I stand
• तिष्ठामि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (1st person singular)

• सततम्: constantly
• सततम्: Manner adjunct (रीति/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'always/constantly')

• भक्तमनोरथसमृद्धये: for the fulfillment of devotees’ wishes
• भक्तमनोरथसमृद्धये: Sampradāna (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त + मनोरथ + समृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भक्तानां मनोरथानां समृद्धिः) (feminine dative singular: 'for the fulfillment/prosperity of devotees' wishes')

Speaker

Śiva (probable; first-person divine assurance of presence in the Liṅga)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśvara (contextual) / the praised Kāśī liṅga

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous liṅga radiating subtle cosmic imagery—three worlds suggested as layered spheres—while Śiva’s presence is felt as a gentle aura; devotees pray with folded hands, their wishes symbolized as blooming lotuses.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Triviṣṭapa (three worlds/heavens)
• Bhakta (devotee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Liṅga is affirmed as a living seat of divine presence, sustaining devotees and fulfilling sincere aspirations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Kāśī Liṅga shrine within this adhyāya’s sequence (contextually tied to Ratneśvara and allied sacred seats).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, steady Liṅga worship and devotion (bhakti) as the means to ‘manoratha-samṛddhi’.