Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

तदुत्तरे पांडवानां पंचलिंगानि सन्मुदे । संवर्तेशस्तदग्रे च श्वेतेशस्तस्य पश्चिमे

Transliteration

taduttare pāṃḍavānāṃ paṃcaliṃgāni sanmude | saṃvarteśastadagre ca śveteśastasya paścime

Translation

在彼处之北，于真正吉祥之地，有般度族（Pāṇḍava）五座林伽。其前为三婆尔帝沙（Saṃvarteśa），其西为白主（Śveteśa）。

Word by Word

• tat: of that
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचनम्; (tasya) ‘of that/its’

• uttare: to the north of it
• uttare: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; स्थानवाचक (in the north/upper side)

• pāṇḍavānām: of the Pāṇḍavas
• pāṇḍavānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचनम्

• paṃca: five
• paṃca: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṃca (अव्यय/संख्याशब्द)
• Form: अव्ययम्; संख्यावाचक (numeral), विशेषणम् (liṅgāni)

• liṅgāni: liṅgas
• liṅgāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्

• sat: good/auspicious
• sat: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (mude)

• mude: in joy; for delight
• mude: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mud (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; ‘in joy/for joy’

• saṃvarteśaḥ: Saṃvarteśa (a Śiva-name)
• saṃvarteśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvarta (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुषः; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; नाम

• tat: of that
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठī), एकवचनम्; (tasya) ‘of that’

• agre: in front
• agre: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; स्थानवाचक (in front)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• śveteśaḥ: Śveteśa
• śveteśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śveta (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुषः; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; नाम

• tasya: of it/of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचनम्

• paścime: in the west
• paścime: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paścima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; स्थानवाचक (in the west)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāṇḍava Pañca-liṅga cluster; Saṃvarteśa; Śveteśa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compact cluster of five liṅga shrines marked as ‘Pāṇḍava’ in a serene courtyard; a frontal shrine labeled Saṃvarteśa and a western shrine labeled Śveteśa; pilgrims trace directions with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍavas
• Pañca-liṅga
• Saṃvarteśa
• Śveteśa
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is presented as a lived sacred map where devotion is guided through named liṅgas and their precise placement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pāṇḍavas’ five liṅgas, along with Saṃvarteśa and Śveteśa in their described positions in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; the verse primarily provides directional sacred-topography for pilgrimage.