Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

यात्रैकादशलिंगानामेषा कार्या प्रयत्नतः । इमां यात्रां प्रकुर्वाणो रुद्रत्वं प्राप्नुयान्नरः

Transliteration

yātraikādaśaliṃgānāmeṣā kāryā prayatnataḥ | imāṃ yātrāṃ prakurvāṇo rudratvaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ

Translation

یہ گیارہ لِنگوں کی یاترا پوری کوشش کے ساتھ کرنی چاہیے۔ جو شخص یہ یاترا کرتا ہے وہ رُدرَتْو کی حالت کو پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• yātrā: pilgrimage
• yātrā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)

• ekādaśaliṃgānām: of the eleven liṅgas
• ekādaśaliṃgānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (ekādaśa liṅgāni) (neut. gen. pl.)

• eṣā: this
• eṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• kāryā: to be done
• kāryā: Viśeṣya (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: to be done); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)

• prayatnataḥ: with effort
• prayatnataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb: with effort)

• imām: this
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (fem. acc. sg.)

• yātrām: pilgrimage
• yātrām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. acc. sg.)

• prakurvāṇaḥ: performing
• prakurvāṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• rudratvam: Rudra-hood; state of Rudra
• rudratvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudratva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• prāpnuyāt: would attain/should attain
• prāpnuyāt: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (opt. 3rd sg. P.)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekādaśa-liṅga-yātrā (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The yātrā’s completion: a pilgrim stands before a final liṅga with folded hands; above, a visionary form of Rudra appears, signifying transformation and union.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśa-liṅga
• Rudra
• Śiva
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dedicated pilgrimage in Kāśī is not mere tourism; it is transformative, culminating in Rudra-like spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The collective circuit of the eleven Kāśī-liṅgas (Ekādaśa-liṅga-yātrā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the eleven-liṅga pilgrimage carefully and diligently (prayatnataḥ).