Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

विश्वकर्मोवाच । इदं यत्स्थापितं लिंगं मयाज्ञेनापि शंकर । तल्लिंगमन्येप्याराध्य संतु समृद्धिभाजनम्

Transliteration

viśvakarmovāca | idaṃ yatsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ mayājñenāpi śaṃkara | talliṃgamanyepyārādhya saṃtu samṛddhibhājanam

Translation

وشوکرما نے کہا: اے شنکر! یہ لِنگ میں نے نادانی میں بھی آپ کے حکم سے قائم کیا۔ دوسرے لوگ بھی اس لِنگ کی عبادت کر کے خوشحالی اور فراوانی کے حق دار بنیں۔

Word by Word

• viśvakarmā: Viśvakarmā
• viśvakarmā: Karta (speaker/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvakarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (relative pronoun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (relative)

• sthāpitam: installed/established
• sthāpitam: Kriyā (qualifier of liṅga)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• liṅgam: liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (instrument/agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental); एकवचन

• ājñena: by command/permission
• ājñena: Hetu/Karana (cause/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि (particle: also/even)

• śaṃkara: O Śaṅkara
• śaṃkara: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative); एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (also)

• ārādhya: having worshipped
• ārādhya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√radh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having propitiated/worshipped)

• santu: let them be
• santu: Kriyā (benedictive command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• samṛddhibhājanam: a vessel/receptacle of prosperity
• samṛddhibhājanam: Kriyā (predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhājana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (as predicate: ‘a receptacle of prosperity’)

Speaker

Viśvakarman (Tvāṣṭra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvakarma-sthāpita Liṅga (in Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarman, the divine artisan, speaks before Śiva, pointing to a newly established liṅga; he requests that future devotees who worship it receive prosperity.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarman
• Śiva (Śaṅkara)
• Liṅga
• Kāśī
• Ānandavana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred act in Kāśī can benefit countless others; a consecrated Liṅga becomes a lasting channel of merit and well-being for future worshippers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Ānandavana context continues, centering on a specific consecrated Liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-ārādhana (worship) of the established Liṅga, with the intended fruit of samṛddhi (prosperity).