Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तथैतल्लिंगमाराध्यान्यस्यापि हि फलिष्यति । कुमारी प्राप्स्यति पतिं मनसोपि समुच्छ्रितम्

Transliteration

tathaitalliṃgamārādhyānyasyāpi hi phaliṣyati | kumārī prāpsyati patiṃ manasopi samucchritam

Translation

اسی طرح اس لِنگ کی عبادت سے دوسروں کی مرادیں بھی یقیناً پوری ہوں گی؛ کنواری کو ایسا شوہر ملے گا جو اس کی بلند ترین آرزو کے مطابق ہو۔

Word by Word

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/so)

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Demonstrative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative for ‘liṅgam’

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ārādhya: having worshipped
• ārādhya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√rādh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वार्थे-ल्यप् (gerundive absolutive) ‘having worshipped/propitiated’

• anyasya: of another (person)
• anyasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• phaliṣyati: will bear fruit
• phaliṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √phal (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kumārī: a maiden
• kumārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• prāpsyati: will obtain
• prāpsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• patim: husband
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• manasā: by mind, in thought
• manasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-अव्यय (even)

• samucchritam: exalted, highly raised
• samucchritam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-√śri (धातु) + samucchrita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; here as adjective to ‘patim’ (acc. masc. sg. form expected: समुच्छ्रितम् as acc. masc. sg.)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced continuation of boon-speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satīśvara-liṅga

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-maiden worships Satīśvara liṅga; the verse promises attainment of a desired husband through sincere worship.

Characters & Entities

• Satīśvara-liṅga
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A consecrated liṅga in Kāśī is presented as a universal refuge where sincere worship yields dhārmic fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Satīśvara-liṅga in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional worship) of the Satīśvara-liṅga for desired outcomes, including marriage.