Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 176

Devanagari script

श्रीखंडं सिद्धयोगिन्यः सहस्राक्षेति नाम च । डाकिन्यो मांस लिंगं च नाम चास्य च मीढुषम्

Transliteration

śrīkhaṃḍaṃ siddhayoginyaḥ sahasrākṣeti nāma ca | ḍākinyo māṃsa liṃgaṃ ca nāma cāsya ca mīḍhuṣam

Translation

সিদ্ধ-যোগিনীসকলে শ্ৰীখণ্ড (চন্দন) লেপময় পবিত্ৰ লিঙ্গ প্ৰতিষ্ঠা কৰিলে; তাৰ নাম ‘সহস্ৰাক্ষ’—হাজাৰ নয়নধাৰী। ডাকিনীসকলে মাংসময় লিঙ্গ স্থাপন কৰিলে; তাৰ নাম ‘মীঢুষ’—কৃপাময় দাতা/বৰদাতা—।

Word by Word

• श्रीखण्डम्: sandalwood paste (śrīkhaṇḍa)
• श्रीखण्डम्: Karma/Predicate object (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• सिद्धयोगिन्यः: the accomplished Yoginīs
• सिद्धयोगिन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• सहस्राक्षा: (named) Sahasrākṣā
• सहस्राक्षा: Predicate/Name (Saṃjñā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः — ‘सहस्रम् अक्षाणि यस्याः’ (one who has a thousand eyes) नामरूपेण

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (particle indicating naming)

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

• डाकिन्यः: the Ḍākinīs
• डाकिन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: डाकिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• मांसम्: meat
• मांसम्: Karma/Predicate object (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma/Predicate object (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

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

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (particle indicating naming)

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

• अस्य: of this/its
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

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

• मीढुषम्: (named) Mīḍhuṣa
• मीढुषम्: Predicate/Name (Saṃjñā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मीढुष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नामरूपेण

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Siddha-yoginīs anoint a liṅga with cool sandal paste, forming an eye-like pattern suggesting a thousand eyes; in a shadowed corner, ḍākinīs in fierce aspect consecrate a raw, flesh-made liṅga, yet a compassionate aura radiates as ‘Mīḍhuṣa’.

Characters & Entities

• Siddha-Yoginīs
• Śrīkhaṇḍa (sandalwood)
• Sahasrākṣa
• Ḍākinīs
• Mīḍhuṣa
• Śiva (implied by liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva receives worship across many spiritual streams; sacred naming and intent are emphasized over external distinctions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The materials (sandalwood paste, etc.) are referenced as worship-substances; no explicit injunction about performance is stated.