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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । कृत्तिवासः समुत्पत्तिं ये श्रोष्यंतीह मानवाः । तल्लिंगदर्शनाच्छ्रेयो लप्स्यंते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | kṛttivāsaḥ samutpattiṃ ye śroṣyaṃtīha mānavāḥ | talliṃgadarśanācchreyo lapsyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

斯坎陀言：凡于此聆听克利提婆娑（Kṛttivāsa）起源之事者，必得灵性之善；并由瞻礼彼林伽（darśana）而获吉祥安泰——此无疑也。

Word by Word
स्कन्दःSkanda
स्कन्दः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
कृत्ति-वासःKṛttivāsa
कृत्ति-वासः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; here as object-topic with samutpattiṃ (genesis of Kṛttivāsa)
समुत्पत्तिम्origin, account of arising
समुत्पत्तिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
येwho
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (relative pronoun)
श्रोष्यन्तिwill hear
श्रोष्यन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलृट् (simple future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)
मानवाःpeople, humans
मानवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन
तत्-लिङ्ग-दर्शनात्from seeing that liṅga
तत्-लिङ्ग-दर्शनात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (दर्शन), पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ (ablative of cause)
श्रेयःthe highest good, welfare
श्रेयः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
लप्स्यन्तेwill obtain
लप्स्यन्ते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formलृट् (simple future), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय
अत्रhere, in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (adverb)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (implied by surrounding context of Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues; explicit listener not in this verse but consistent with adjacent address patterns)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda as divine teacher speaking to an attentive assembly; behind him, the Kṛttivāseśvara shrine glows. Two streams of devotees: listeners seated with palms joined, and pilgrims approaching for darśana.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda
K
Kṛttivāsa
K
Kṛttivāseśvara Liṅga (implied)
K
Kāśī (context)

FAQs

Both śravaṇa (devotional listening) and darśana (sacred viewing) are affirmed as powerful means to attain śreyaḥ—true spiritual welfare.

The Liṅga associated with Kṛttivāsa—Kṛttivāseśvara in Kāśī.

Śravaṇa of the māhātmya/origin narrative and darśana of the liṅga.

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