Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

त्रिविष्टपं महादेवं ततो वै कृत्तिवाससम् । रत्नेशं चाथ चंद्रेशं केदारं च ततो व्रजेत्

Transliteration

triviṣṭapaṃ mahādevaṃ tato vai kṛttivāsasam | ratneśaṃ cātha caṃdreśaṃ kedāraṃ ca tato vrajet

Translation

继而前往“特里维什塔帕大天”(Triviṣṭapa Mahādeva)，随后至“克里蒂瓦萨”(Kṛttivāsa)。再至“宝主”(Ratneśa)，继至“月主”(Candraśa)，而后前行至“计达罗”(Kedāra)。

Word by Word

• त्रिविष्टपम्: Triviṣṭapa (name of a shrine/deity)
• त्रिविष्टपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; देवस्थान/शिवलिङ्ग-नाम

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे (then/thereafter)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कृत्तिवाससम्: Kṛttivāsas (Śiva)
• कृत्तिवाससम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + वासस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘कृत्तिः वासो यस्य सः’ (one whose garment is a skin)

• रत्नेशम्: Ratneśa
• रत्नेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रत्नानाम् ईशः)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Adverbial (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/next)

• चन्द्रेशम्: Candreśa
• चन्द्रेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चन्द्रस्य ईशः)

• केदारम्: Kedāra
• केदारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तीर्थ/लिङ्ग-नाम

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे (thereafter)

• व्रजेत्: should go
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly as Skanda teaching Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa Mahādeva → Kṛttivāsa → Ratneśa → Candraśa → Kedāra (Kāśī circuit segment)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A continuous procession through Kāśī lanes: five shrine doorways appear in sequence, each with a distinct emblem—Triviṣṭapa with celestial motifs, Kṛttivāsa with tiger-skin iconography, Ratneśa with jewel imagery, Candraśa with moon crest, Kedāra with Himalayan association—while the pilgrim offers water and bilva at each stop.

Characters & Entities

• Triviṣṭapa Mahādeva
• Kṛttivāsa
• Ratneśa
• Candreśa
• Kedāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s merit is accessed through an ordered circuit of liṅga-darśana, treating the city as a living mandala of Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sequence of Kāśī Śiva-shrines: Triviṣṭapa Mahādeva, Kṛttivāsa, Ratneśa, Candreśa, and Kedāra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Follow the prescribed visitation order (yātrā-krama) to these named liṅgas.