Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

जंबुकेशं महालिंगं कृत्वा यात्रामिमां नरः । क्वचिन्न जायते भूयः संसारे दुःखसागरे

Transliteration

jaṃbukeśaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ kṛtvā yātrāmimāṃ naraḥ | kvacinna jāyate bhūyaḥ saṃsāre duḥkhasāgare

Translation

凡圆满此行，朝礼阎布迦伊沙 Jaṃbukeśa 之大林伽者，于此苦海轮回之世间，将不复于任何处再受生。

Word by Word

• जंबुकेशम्: Jambukeśa
• जंबुकेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बुक + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जम्बुकस्य ईशः)

• महालिंगम्: the great liṅga
• महालिंगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महत् लिङ्गम्)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (this)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• क्वचित्: ever
• क्वचित्: Kriya (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/देशवाचक (ever/at any time)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation particle/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again)

• संसारे: in worldly existence
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• दुःखसागरे: in the ocean of sorrow
• दुःखसागरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दुःखस्य सागरः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jaṃbukeśa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The pilgrim stands before the towering Jaṃbukeśa liṅga, garlanded and bathed in water and milk; the background suggests the ‘ocean of sorrow’ as a dark, receding wave, while the shrine glows as a refuge of liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Jaṃbukeśa
• Mahāliṅga
• Saṃsāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s tīrtha-yātrā culminates in liberation: sincere completion of the sacred circuit is praised as breaking the cycle of rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Jaṃbukeśa Mahāliṅga, presented as the culminating focus of this Kāśī pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Complete the prescribed yātrā ending in worship/darśana of the Jaṃbukeśa Mahāliṅga.