Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तत्समीपेस्ति रंभेशो बहुसौख्यसमृद्धिदः । इंद्रेश्वरस्य परितो लोकपालेश्वरो परः

Transliteration

tatsamīpesti raṃbheśo bahusaukhyasamṛddhidaḥ | iṃdreśvarasya parito lokapāleśvaro paraḥ

Translation

在其近旁有蓝毗舍（Rambheśa），赐予丰盛安乐与昌盛。于因陀罗主神林伽（Indreśvara）周围，屹立着至上的护世主（Lokapāleśvara）。

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma; used deictically qualifying ‘samīpe’ (‘near that’)

• samīpe: near (it)
• samīpe: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Saptamī (7th/अधिकरण), Ekavacana

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada

• raṃbheśaḥ: Rambheśa
• raṃbheśaḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṃbhā (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (‘lord of Rambhā’); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/कर्ता), Ekavacana

• bahusaukhyasamṛddhidaḥ: giver of much happiness and prosperity
• bahusaukhyasamṛddhidaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + saukhya (प्रातिपदिक) + samṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + -da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (multi-member; ‘giver of much happiness and prosperity’); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of ‘raṃbheśaḥ’

• iṃdreśvarasya: of Indreśvara
• iṃdreśvarasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa; Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/सम्बन्ध), Ekavacana

• paritaḥ: around
• paritaḥ: Deśa (Spatial adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paritas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb meaning ‘around/on all sides’

• lokapāleśvaraḥ: Lokapāleśvara
• lokapāleśvaraḥ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lokapāla (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (‘lord of the Lokapālas’); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• paraḥ: supreme, excellent
• paraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of ‘lokapāleśvaraḥ’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rambheśa; Lokapāleśvara (parivāra of Indreśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred precinct around Indreśvara: pilgrims move from the Indreśvara sanctum to nearby Rambheśa, then circumambulate a ring of guardian shrines symbolized as Lokapāleśvara; prosperity and protection are visualized as overflowing vessels and directional guardians.

Characters & Entities

• Rambheśa
• Indreśvara
• Lokapāleśvara
• Lokapālas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is portrayed as a dense sacred mandala: multiple liṅgas together grant both worldly welfare and higher protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rambheśa near Indreśvara, and Lokapāleśvara surrounding Indreśvara within Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, pilgrimage-darśana and worship of this connected group of liṅgas for sukha and samṛddhi.