Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

नान्य द्दिदृक्षिणी तस्या अक्षिणी श्रुतिगे अपि । विहाय लिंगमोंकारं हृद्विहायः स्थितं सताम्

Transliteration

nānya ddidṛkṣiṇī tasyā akṣiṇī śrutige api | vihāya liṃgamoṃkāraṃ hṛdvihāyaḥ sthitaṃ satām

Translation

Mắt nàng chẳng muốn thấy điều gì khác, dẫu những âm thanh khác vẫn vọng đến tai. Bởi làm sao nàng có thể rời bỏ Oṃkāra-liṅga—Śiva, nơi nương tựa trong tim của bậc thiện?

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• दिदृक्षिणी: wishing to see
• दिदृक्षिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सन्नन्त/इच्छार्थक कृदन्त (desiderative derivative: 'wishing to see') (fem. nom. sg.)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (fem. gen. sg.)

• अक्षिणी: (her) two eyes
• अक्षिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन (neut. nom. du.)

• श्रुतिगे: in what is heard / in the ear (uncertain)
• श्रुतिगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति-ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (neut. loc. sg.); पाठभेद-सूचक (reading uncertain)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षा (particle: 'also/even')

• विहाय: having abandoned
• विहाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि + हा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) अव्यय (having abandoned)

• लिङ्ग-ओंकारम्: the liṅga in the form of Oṃkāra
• लिङ्ग-ओंकारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + ओंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• हृत्-विहायः: the heart-space / inner expanse (uncertain)
• हृत्-विहायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृत्/हृद् (प्रातिपदिक) + विहायस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-समास (uncertain compound)

• स्थितम्: situated, abiding
• स्थितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) (neut. nom./acc. sg.)

• सताम्: of the good/saints
• सताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (masc. gen. pl.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Oṃkāra-liṅga (within Kāśī/Avimukta context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sādhvī sits steady before the Oṃkāra-liṅga; around her, faint figures and sounds suggest worldly bustle, yet her gaze remains fixed; a subtle heart-lotus glow indicates Śiva as inner refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Oṃkāra-liṅga
• Śiva (implied as the liṅga’s indwelling reality)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Exclusive devotion (ananyatā) is praised: the devotee’s senses turn away from distractions and rest in Śiva as inner refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the setting; the verse highlights Oṃkāra-liṅga (Omkareshvara-style) worship within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the practice emphasized is unwavering darśana and non-abandonment of Oṃkāra-liṅga worship.