Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

ओंकारेशस्य लिंगस्य कथमत्र समागमः । अतिपुण्यतमात्तस्मात्क्षेत्रादमरकंटकात्

Transliteration

oṃkāreśasya liṃgasya kathamatra samāgamaḥ | atipuṇyatamāttasmātkṣetrādamarakaṃṭakāt

Translation

“唵迦罗主（Oṃkāreśa）的林伽如何从那极其神圣的圣域——阿摩罗迦ṇṭaka——来到此处（迦尸）呢？”

Word by Word

• ओंकारेशस्य: of Oṃkāreśa
• ओंकारेशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओंकार + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ओंकारस्य ईशः)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

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

• समागमः: arrival/coming together
• समागमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अतिपुण्यतमात्: from the most exceedingly holy
• अतिपुण्यतमात्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + पुण्य + तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भे क्षेत्रात् इति नपुंसक-क्षेत्रस्य विशेषण), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तम-प्रत्यय (superlative)

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• क्षेत्रात्: from the sacred place
• क्षेत्रात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• अमरकण्टकात्: from Amarakaṇṭaka
• अमरकण्टकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर + कण्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; नामधातु/स्थाननाम; तत्पुरुष (अमराणां कण्टकः इति)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Oṃkāreśa-liṅga (in Kāśī) / Amarakaṇṭaka (source tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī asks how Oṃkāreśa-liṅga came to Kāśī from the supremely holy Amarakaṇṭaka; the scene invites a flashback of a liṅga being carried or manifesting across landscapes.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Oṃkāreśa Liṅga
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Amarakaṇṭaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas are spiritually interconnected; the power of a sacred liṅga can be revealed across multiple holy geographies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amarakaṇṭaka is praised as “exceedingly holy,” while Kāśī is the receiving kṣetra where Oṃkāreśa is present.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse introduces an origin-story inquiry.