Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

स जयी जायते नित्यं शङ्करस्य वचो यथा । एतस्मात्कारणाद्राजंल्लिङ्गेश्वरमिति श्रुतम्

Transliteration

sa jayī jāyate nityaṃ śaṅkarasya vaco yathā | etasmātkāraṇādrājaṃlliṅgeśvaramiti śrutam

Translation

সে নিত্যই বিজয়ী হয়ে জন্মায়—শঙ্করের বচন অনুসারে। এই কারণেই, হে রাজন, এটি ‘লিঙ্গেশ্বর’ নামে প্রসিদ্ধ।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जयी: victorious
• जयी: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जयिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (सः)

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

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• शङ्करस्य: of Śaṅkara
• शङ्करस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वचः: word/statement
• वचः: Upamana/Pramana (According to/यथार्थ-प्रमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र उपमान-वाक्ये (यथा)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकार-अव्यय (as/just as)

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• कारणात्: cause/reason
• कारणात्: Apadana (Cause-source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लिङ्गेश्वरम्: Liṅgeśvara
• लिङ्गेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (लिङ्गस्य ईश्वरः)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-अव्यय (quotative)

• श्रुतम्: is heard/known
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘श्रुतम्’ = ‘is heard/known’

Speaker

Śiva (as narrator of the māhātmya) to the king (listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅgeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage/narrator addresses a king, pointing to a radiant Śiva-liṅga; the very utterance of Śaṅkara’s word seems to crown the liṅga with victorious aura.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Liṅgeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Connection with Śiva’s liṅga and the sacred place grants ‘jaya’—spiritual victory—by Śaṅkara’s own assurance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Liṅgeśvara (a revered Śaiva shrine/tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit: approaching/remembering Liṅgeśvara and trusting Śiva’s phalaśruti; explicit rites follow in subsequent verses (snāna, pāna, upavāsa, dāna).