Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

वृषेशश्चैव चंडीशो नंदिकेशो महेश्वरः । ज्योतीरूपेश्वरं लिंगं ख्यातमत्र चतुर्दशम्

Transliteration

vṛṣeśaścaiva caṃḍīśo naṃdikeśo maheśvaraḥ | jyotīrūpeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ khyātamatra caturdaśam

Translation

又有弗利舍（Vṛṣeśa）、旃提舍（Caṇḍīśa）、难提计舍（Nandikeśa）与大自在天（Maheśvara）；而此处名为光形主（Jyotīrūpeśvara）的林伽，被誉为第十四。

Word by Word

• वृषेशः: Vṛṣeśa
• वृषेशः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘वृषस्य ईशः’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphasis)

• चण्डीशः: Caṇḍīśa
• चण्डीशः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डी (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘चण्ड्याः ईशः’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नन्दिकेशः: Nandikeśa
• नन्दिकेशः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दि (प्रातिपदिक) + केश (प्रातिपदिक) / अथवा नन्दिक (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास-रूप (परम्परापाठे ‘नन्दिकेश’ नाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन)

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘महान् ईश्वरः’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ज्योति-रूप-ईश्वरम्: (the) lord whose form is light
• ज्योति-रूप-ईश्वरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्योतिस्/ज्योति (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: ‘ज्योतेः रूपस्य ईश्वरम्’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga, emblem
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ख्यातम्: is known/called
• ख्यातम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘प्रसिद्धम्’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• चतुर्दशम्: fourteenth / fourteen (as a set)
• चतुर्दशम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु/संख्या-समास (चतुर्+दश), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘चतुर्दश-सङ्ख्यकम्’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jyotīrūpeśvara (as the 14th Kāśī Mahāliṅga)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied interlocutor in Kāśī-māhātmya dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four attendant forms—Vṛṣeśa, Caṇḍīśa, Nandikeśa, Maheśvara—stand as guardians around a radiant liṅga (Jyotīrūpeśvara) emitting a soft column of light in the grove.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Vṛṣeśa
• Caṇḍīśa
• Nandikeśa
• Maheśvara
• Jyotīrūpeśvara
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra’s sanctity is mapped through named liṅgas culminating in a ‘jyoti’ (radiant) form.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Ānandakānana is implied as the setting where these fourteen liṅgas are famed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse completes the canonical enumeration for remembrance and worship.