Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 116

Devanagari script

जपतो यत्फलं देवपंचमंत्रायुतेन च । तत्फलं जायतां नणामस्य लिंगस्य दर्शने

Transliteration

japato yatphalaṃ devapaṃcamaṃtrāyutena ca | tatphalaṃ jāyatāṃ naṇāmasya liṃgasya darśane

Translation

أيُّ ثمرةٍ تنشأ من جَپَا المانترا الإلهية ذات المقاطع الخمسة إذا كُرِّرت عشرةَ آلافِ مرة—فلتنشأ تلك الثمرةُ عينُها بمجرد الدَّرْشَنَة (الرؤية المقدسة) وبالسجودِ التحيةِ بخشوعٍ لهذا اللِّينغا.

Word by Word

• जपतः: of one who recites
• जपतः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप् (धातु) → जपत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; ‘जपतः (जनस्य)’ = of one who recites

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• देवपञ्चमन्त्रायुतेन: by (reciting) ten thousand of the divine five-mantra
• देवपञ्चमन्त्रायुतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + पञ्च + मन्त्र + आयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; समासः—(देवस्य) पञ्चमन्त्राणाम् आयुतम् (ten-thousand) इति; करणत्वे

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘फलम्’ विशेषणम्

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• जायताम्: let it arise / may it occur
• जायताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive usage), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘let (it) arise/occur’

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Exclamation/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable interjection)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• दर्शने: upon seeing / in the act of seeing
• दर्शने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

Speaker

Kālabhīti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience; statement voiced as a boon-formulation by Kālabhīti (context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bows before the liṅga; above, a subtle count of mantra repetitions dissolves into light, showing that darśana/namaskāra equals ten-thousandfold pañcākṣarī japa.

Characters & Entities

• Kālabhīti
• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Pañcākṣarī mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sight (darśana) of a powerful liṅga can confer immense spiritual merit, comparable to intensive mantra practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies the specific liṅga being established in this narrative context, presenting it as exceptionally merit-giving.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana and namaskāra to the liṅga; it is equated with the fruit of 10,000 repetitions of the pañcākṣarī mantra.