Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तदेव कामकृन्नृणां कामेश्वरमिहास्त्विति । यः प्रदोषे त्रयोदश्यां शनिवासरसंयुजि

Transliteration

tadeva kāmakṛnnṛṇāṃ kāmeśvaramihāstviti | yaḥ pradoṣe trayodaśyāṃ śanivāsarasaṃyuji

Translation

وہی (لِنگ) یہاں انسانوں کی آرزوئیں پوری کرنے والا ‘کامیشور’ ہو۔ اور جو کوئی—پردوش کے وقت، تیرھویں تِتھی کو، جب وہ ہفتۂ شنبہ سے مل جائے—

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (restrictive particle)

• kāmakṛt: wish-fulfilling
• kāmakṛt: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma-kṛt (प्रातिपदिक; kāma + kṛt)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण — ‘wish-fulfilling’

• nṛṇām: of men
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• kāmeśvaram: Kāmeśvara (Lord of desire)
• kāmeśvaram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; kāma + īśvara)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सन्दर्भे प्रथमा (predicate nominative)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• pradoṣe: at twilight (pradoṣa)
• pradoṣe: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• trayodaśyām: on the thirteenth lunar day
• trayodaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayodaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• śanivāsara-saṃyuji: when it coincides with Saturday
• śanivāsara-saṃyuji: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śani-vāsara-saṃyuj (प्रातिपदिक; śani + vāsara + saṃyuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण — ‘when conjoined with Saturday’

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmeśvara-liṅga (associated with Kāmakūṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the Kāśī-māhātmya discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Twilight pradoṣa in Kāśī: devotees gather with lamps; the Kāmeśvara-liṅga is adorned with bilva and white flowers; Saturn’s austere influence is symbolized by dark-blue tones and disciplined worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kāmeśvara Liṅga
• Pradoṣa
• Trayodaśī
• Śanivāra (Saturday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right-timed devotion (especially pradoṣa) to Śiva in Kāśī is presented as a swift means to attain righteous desires and spiritual benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāmeśvara (the desire-fulfilling Śiva-liṅga) in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred map.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradoṣa observance on Trayodaśī, specifically when it coincides with Saturday, is highlighted as an auspicious time for worship.