Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

प्रद्योतयद्दिशः सर्वा लिङ्गं मूले प्रदृश्यते । वामतः प्रतिमा देवी तदा शूलेश्वरी स्थिता

Transliteration

pradyotayaddiśaḥ sarvā liṅgaṃ mūle pradṛśyate | vāmataḥ pratimā devī tadā śūleśvarī sthitā

Translation

Alle Himmelsrichtungen erleuchtend, wurde an der Wurzel der Liṅga sichtbar; und zur Linken stand das Bild der Göttin, damals als Śūleśvarī eingesetzt.

Word by Word

• pradyotayat: illuminating
• pradyotayat: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dyut (द्युत्)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-सम्भव; here शतृ-रूप), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण-रूपेण (लिङ्गम्)

• diśaḥ: directions
• diśaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (diśaḥ)

• liṅgam: the liṅga
• liṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mūle: at the base
• mūle: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• pradṛśyate: is seen / appears
• pradṛśyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश्)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• vāmataḥ: on the left
• vāmataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vāmataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक (from the left side)

• pratimā: image / idol
• pratimā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratimā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; apposition to pratimā

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (Time/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

• śūla-īśvarī: Śūleśvarī (Lady of the trident)
• śūla-īśvarī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शूलस्य ईश्वरी)

• sthitā: stood / was situated
• sthitā: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā स्था)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (śūleśvarī/devī)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūleśvara Liṅga and Śūleśvarī Devī (as revealed)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified in excerpt

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing liṅga at the base radiates light to all directions; to its left stands the Devī image, newly established as Śūleśvarī, forming a balanced sacred tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Devī
• Śūleśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva (liṅga) and Śakti (Devī) are revealed together—worship becomes complete when both principles are honored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape is the frame; the verse spotlights the shrine-form of Śūleśvarī alongside the liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, it points to liṅga-pūjā with Devī’s upāsanā; no step-by-step rite is stated in this verse.