Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

प्रत्येकं महिमानं मे ब्रूह्येषां भुवनेश्वर । चतुर्दशानां लिंगानां श्रवणादघहारिणाम्

Transliteration

pratyekaṃ mahimānaṃ me brūhyeṣāṃ bhuvaneśvara | caturdaśānāṃ liṃgānāṃ śravaṇādaghahāriṇām

Translation

“Hỡi Đấng Chúa tể muôn cõi, xin nói cho ta biết uy đức của từng liṅga trong mười bốn liṅga này—chỉ cần được nghe danh cũng tiêu trừ tội lỗi.”

Word by Word

• प्रत्येकम्: individually/each
• प्रत्येकम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• महिमानम्: greatness
• महिमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; enclitic

• ब्रूहि: tell
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• भुवनेश्वर: O Lord of the world
• भुवनेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भुवनस्य ईश्वरः)

• चतुर्दशानाम्: of the fourteen
• चतुर्दशानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; संख्या-विशेषण

• लिङ्गानाम्: of the liṅgas
• लिङ्गानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• श्रवणात्: from hearing
• श्रवणात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अघहारिणाम्: of (those) that remove sin
• अघहारिणाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अघ + हारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; बहुवचन-विशेषण (लिङ्गानाम्) ; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अघस्य हारिणः)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caturdaśa-liṅga-s of Kāśī (set of fourteen)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Bhūvaneśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī requests a detailed account of the greatness of each of the fourteen liṅga-s, emphasizing that mere hearing destroys sin; the scene suggests an impending enumerative sacred map.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śiva (Bhuvaneśvara)
• Kāśī (context)
• Fourteen Liṅgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of sacred narratives itself is a purifying practice that removes sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s liṅga-circuit (the fourteen liṅgas) within Vārāṇasī’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—listening to the māhātmya of the liṅgas—is identified as sin-destroying.