Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तिलतैलेन संयुक्ता दीपा दत्ताः शिवालये । ते शिवं यांति संयुक्ताः कुलानां च शतेन वै

Transliteration

tilatailena saṃyuktā dīpā dattāḥ śivālaye | te śivaṃ yāṃti saṃyuktāḥ kulānāṃ ca śatena vai

Translation

যাঁরা তিলতেলে পূর্ণ দীপ শিবালয়ে দান করেন, সেই দাতাগণ তাঁদের কুলের শত পুরুষসহ শিবধামে গমন করেন।

Word by Word

• तिलतैलेन: with sesame oil
• तिलतैलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल-तैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तिलस्य तैलम्)

• संयुक्ताः: joined/filled (with)
• संयुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+युज् (धातु) → संयुक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• दीपाः: lamps
• दीपाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• दत्ताः: given/offered
• दत्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (दीपाः) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• शिवालये: in the temple of Śiva
• शिवालये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव-आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य आलयः)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/Object/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• यान्ति: go/attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• संयुक्ताः: accompanied/endowed
• संयुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+युज् (धातु) → संयुक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (ते) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कुलानाम्: of families/lineages
• कुलानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

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

• शतेन: by/with a hundred
• शतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a stone Śiva-temple, devotees place small lamps filled with sesame oil before a liṅga; rows of flickering flames illuminate pillars, bells, and offerings; elders pray for the welfare of their lineage.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through lamp-offering brings Śiva’s grace and is said to uplift one’s family line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śiva temple within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred sphere is implied; the focus is the Śivālaya rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer lamps using sesame oil (tila-taila) in a Śiva temple.