Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तपोधनोपि तं दृष्ट्वा महाश्चर्यं घटोद्भव । कपर्दीश्वरमाराध्य कालान्निर्वाणमाप्तवान्

Transliteration

tapodhanopi taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāścaryaṃ ghaṭodbhava | kapardīśvaramārādhya kālānnirvāṇamāptavān

Translation

اے گھٹودبھَو اگستیہ! اُس تپودھن نے بھی وہ بڑا عجوبہ دیکھ کر کپردیشور کی آرادھنا کی؛ اور وقت آنے پر اُس نے نروان، یعنی آخری مکتی، حاصل کی۔

Word by Word

• तपोधनः: the ascetic
• तपोधनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

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

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘having seen’

• महा-आश्चर्यम्: a great wonder
• महा-आश्चर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• घटोद्भव: O Ghaṭodbhava (Agastya)
• घटोद्भव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• कपर्दीश्वरम्: Kapardīśvara (Śiva)
• कपर्दीश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund); ‘having worshipped/propitiated’

• कालात्: in due course / after some time
• कालात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (from/after time)

• निर्वाणम्: liberation (nirvāṇa)
• निर्वाणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आप्तवान्: attained
• आप्तवान्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapardīśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (ghaṭodbhava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An austere sage, after witnessing a great marvel, stands before Kapardīśvara liṅga, offering worship; the scene subtly shifts to a serene, timeless aura indicating eventual nirvāṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava)
• Kapardīśvara (Śiva)
• Nirvāṇa
• Tapodhana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the accomplished ascetic perfects his path through Śiva-bhakti, culminating in liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kapardīśvara connected with the Piśācamocana tīrtha setting in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) of Kapardīśvara leading to ultimate release.