Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

इदं पुण्यशरीरं ते क्षेत्रेस्मिन्मुक्तिसाधने । मम लिंगं भवत्वत्र सर्वेषांमुक्तिदायकम्

Transliteration

idaṃ puṇyaśarīraṃ te kṣetresminmuktisādhane | mama liṃgaṃ bhavatvatra sarveṣāṃmuktidāyakam

Translation

Thân thể đầy công đức của ngươi—trong kṣetra là phương tiện đưa đến giải thoát—sẽ trở thành liṅga của Ta tại đây, ban giải thoát cho muôn loài.

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun (this)

• puṇyaśarīram: holy body
• puṇyaśarīram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (puṇyaṃ śarīram)

• te: of you/your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; possessive genitive (your)

• kṣetre: in the sacred place
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative (in the field/place)

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative (in this)

• muktisādhane: in the means of liberation
• muktisādhane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + sādhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mukteḥ sādhane)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive (my)

• liṅgam: liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• bhavatu: let it be
• bhavatu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; parasmaipada

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; deictic adverb (here)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; genitive (of all)

• muktidāyakam: granting liberation
• muktidāyakam: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + dāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mukteḥ dāyakam)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśvara (liṅga to be named in next verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis in the frame narrative (Naimiṣāraṇya) / internal Kāśī interlocutors as context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s boon transforms a devotee’s ‘puṇya-śarīra’ into a radiant liṅga within Kāśī’s mokṣa-kṣetra; devas and sages witness the consecration as liberation-light spreads outward.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Avimukta (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kāśī, Śiva’s grace transforms even mortal remains into a universal means of liberation through sacred presence (liṅga).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta/Kāśī as the mukti-sādhana kṣetra where a liṅga is established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, liṅga-darśana and liṅga-pūjā are upheld as liberating, though the formal steps are not detailed here.