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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 59

ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रचन्द्राणामेतत्पूज्यं भविष्यति । यत्फलं तव लिङ्गस्य इह लोके परत्र च

brahmaviṣṇvindracandrāṇāmetatpūjyaṃ bhaviṣyati | yatphalaṃ tava liṅgasya iha loke paratra ca

وسيكون هذا جديرًا بالعبادة حتى لبراهما وفيشنو وإندرا وتشاندرا؛ وثمرة عبادة لِـلِّينغا الخاص بك تُنال في هذا العالم وفي العالم الآخر.

brahmaviṣṇvindracandrāṇāmof Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, and Candra
brahmaviṣṇvindracandrāṇām:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman + viṣṇu + indra + candra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (ब्रह्मा च विष्णुः च इन्द्रः च चन्द्रः च)
etatpūjyamthis (will be) worship-worthy
etatpūjyam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootetat + pūjya (प्रातिपदिक; √pūj (धातु) + यत्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
bhaviṣyatiwill be
bhaviṣyati:
Kriya (Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
yatwhich
yat:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (‘phalam’)
phalamfruit; result
phalam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootphala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
tavaof you; your
tava:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
liṅgasyaof the liṅga
liṅgasya:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootliṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
ihahere
iha:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देश/कालवाचक (here/in this world)
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
paratrahereafter; in the other world
paratra:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootparatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देश/कालवाचक (there; in the next world)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

Jagannātha (the Lord; contextually a divine figure addressed by Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis)

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra liṅga (unnamed here)

Type: temple

Scene: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, and Candra appear in reverent posture before a radiant liṅga; the scene conveys cosmic endorsement and the promise of benefits across worlds, with a riverbank shrine as setting.

B
Brahmā
V
Viṣṇu
I
Indra
C
Candra
Ś
Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

Śiva-liṅga devotion yields results spanning both worldly welfare and transcendent good; its sanctity is affirmed even by the highest deities.

The verse supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Śaiva sacred landscape; the immediate focus is the liṅga’s glory rather than a named tīrtha.

Liṅga-pūjā is praised as a practice whose “phala” (spiritual fruit) applies both here and hereafter.