Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

रुद्रमायांतमालोक्य तद्भक्तार्चित लिंगतः । दैत्यस्तेनैव रूपेण ववृधे भूधरोपमः

Transliteration

rudramāyāṃtamālokya tadbhaktārcita liṃgataḥ | daityastenaiva rūpeṇa vavṛdhe bhūdharopamaḥ

Translation

Thấy Rudra tiến đến từ liṅga được tín đồ thờ phụng, tên Daitya liền phình lớn đúng theo hình dạng ấy—mênh mông như núi—vì lòng kiêu mạn đối nghịch.

Word by Word

• रुद्रमायान्तम्: the one approaching as (a form of) Rudra
• रुद्रमायान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र-मायान्त (प्रातिपदिक; √या धातु-निष्पन्न ‘मायान्त’=आयान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (रुद्रः इव/रुद्रस्य मायया आयान्तः—contextual)

• आलोक्य: having seen
• आलोक्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); (having seen)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive in compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (of that)

• भक्तार्चित: worshipped by devotees
• भक्तार्चित: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्त-अर्चित (प्रातिपदिक; √अर्च् क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन-सम्बन्ध (liṅgataḥ इत्यनेन सह: ‘from the liṅga worshipped by devotees’)

• लिङ्गतः: from the liṅga
• लिङ्गतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; -तः अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (from the liṅga)

• दैत्यः: the demon
• दैत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तेन: by that, with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• रूपेण: with (that) form
• रूपेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ववृधे: grew, increased
• ववृधे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भूधर-उपमः: mountain-like
• भूधर-उपमः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूधर-उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुष (भूधर इव उपमः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī liṅga-sthāna (manifestation-point)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kāśī-māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra advances, having manifested from the devotee-worshipped liṅga; the daitya, seeing Him, expands into a colossal form, mountain-like, driven by hostile pride.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Liṅga
• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When divinity appears, adharma may intensify in arrogance—but that escalation only precedes its downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s liṅga-centered sacred space, where worship draws forth Śiva’s protective manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, liṅga-arcana (worship of the liṅga) by a devotee is referenced as the devotional act central to the episode.