Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
Devanagari script
रणे राजकुले द्यूते विवादे सर्वदैव हि । विजयो जायते पुंसां विजयेश समर्चनात्
Transliteration
raṇe rājakule dyūte vivāde sarvadaiva hi | vijayo jāyate puṃsāṃ vijayeśa samarcanāt
Translation
在战场、王廷、赌博之戏与争讼之中——实则在一切时刻——众人因如法礼敬胜主毗阇耶湿（Vijayeśa）而得胜利。
Word by Word
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
राजकुलेin a royal family/court
राजकुले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootराज-कुल (प्रातिपदिक; राजन् + कुल)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः — ‘राज्ञः कुलम्’
द्यूतेin gambling
द्यूते:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
विवादेin dispute
विवादे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootविवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
सर्वदाalways
सर्वदा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण
हिfor, indeed
हि:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle) — कारण/निश्चयार्थ
विजयःvictory
विजयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविजय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
जायतेarises, is obtained
जायते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
पुंसाम्for men / of people
पुंसाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन
विजयेशO Vijayeśa (Lord of victory)
विजयेश:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविजय-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; विजय + ईश)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः — ‘विजयस्य ईशः’
समर्चनात्from (the act of) proper worship
समर्चनात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootसम्-√अर्च् (धातु) + अन (प्रातिपदिक: समर्चन)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ पञ्चमी — ‘from/through worship’
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Vijayeśa (Vijaya Liṅga)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Four vignettes around a central Vijayeśa liṅga: a battlefield scene, a royal court, a dice game, and a debate hall—each turning toward victory through worship; the liṅga radiates a steady aura.
Characters & Entities
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Vijayeśa (Śiva)K
Kāśī (context)FAQs
Devotion to Śiva as Vijayeśa is taught as the dharmic source of success across worldly challenges.
Vijayeśa—understood as the victory-granting Liṅga/shrine in Kāśī described in the surrounding verses.
Samarcana—proper worship/archana of Vijayeśa (offerings and reverent honoring).