Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

यामुनेशं लांगलीशं श्रीमद्विश्वेश्वरं विभुम् । अविमुक्तेश्वरं वाथ विशालाक्षीशमेव च

Transliteration

yāmuneśaṃ lāṃgalīśaṃ śrīmadviśveśvaraṃ vibhum | avimukteśvaraṃ vātha viśālākṣīśameva ca

Translation

“（可礼敬）阎牟那主（Yāmuneśa）、犁主（Lāṃgalīśa）、光辉而遍一切的毗湿韦湿伐罗（Viśveśvara）、阿毗穆克提湿伐罗（Avimukteśvara），以及毗舍罗阿克希湿（Viśālākṣīśa）。”

Word by Word

• यामुनेशम्: Yāmuneśa
• यामुनेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लाङ्गलीशम्: Lāṅgalīśa
• लाङ्गलीशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाङ्गली-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रीमद्विश्वेश्वरम्: the glorious Viśveśvara
• श्रीमद्विश्वेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमत्-विश्व-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘श्रीमत्’ इति पूर्वपदं विशेषणम्

• विभुम्: the all-pervading one
• विभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अविमुक्तेश्वरम्: Avimukteśvara
• अविमुक्तेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविमुक्त-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Connector (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• अथ: then / and further
• अथ: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक/प्रस्तावक-अव्यय (then/and further)

• विशालाक्षीशम्: Viśālākṣīśa
• विशालाक्षीशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशालाक्षी-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/just)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Viśvanātha) / Avimukteśvara; Viśālākṣī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Grand darśana at Viśveśvara: the golden-spired temple silhouette, inner sanctum lamp-light on the liṅga, crowds in orderly devotion; nearby, Viśālākṣī shrine with a radiant-eyed Devī icon, suggesting Śiva-Śakti unity in Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Viśveśvara
• Avimukteśvara
• Viśālākṣī
• Viśālākṣīśa
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Avimukta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is Avimukta—the place never abandoned by Śiva; worship of Viśveśvara/Avimukteśvara anchors the pilgrim in that promise of divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī), especially Viśveśvara (Viśvanātha) and Avimukteśvara, alongside the Viśālākṣī tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it implies darśana and pūjā of principal Kāśī deities—Viśveśvara and Avimukteśvara.