Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

न च मे पूरितं लिङ्गं यास्यामि यदि मन्यसे । ददामि तत्र वित्तं ते यदि लिङ्गं प्रपूरितम्

Transliteration

na ca me pūritaṃ liṅgaṃ yāsyāmi yadi manyase | dadāmi tatra vittaṃ te yadi liṅgaṃ prapūritam

Translation

„Wenn du meinst, ich werde nicht fortgehen, solange mein Liṅga nicht völlig ‚gefüllt‘ ist, dann—sobald der Liṅga ganz erfüllt ist—werde ich dir dort Reichtum schenken.“

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; enclitic form ‘मे’

• pūritam: filled, completed
• pūritam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūr (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पूरितम्’ = filled/completed

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• yāsyāmi: I will go
• yāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• manyase: you think
• manyase: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• vittam: wealth, money
• vittam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन; enclitic form ‘ते’

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• prapūritam: fully filled, completely completed
• prapūritam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + pūr (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गपूर्वक भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘प्रपूरितम्’ = fully filled

Speaker

Parameśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devamārga-liṅga (contextual; named explicitly in v.214.15)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (addressed as ‘rājendra’) and/or Bhārata/Pārtha as conventional vocatives in the passage

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A merchant (or his household) stands before a newly formed liṅga on the riverbank; the speaker declares he will not depart until the liṅga is ‘filled’, promising wealth once the rite reaches completion.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara (Śiva)
• liṅga
• vaṇik (merchant)
• vitta (wealth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine promises expose inner motives; devotion should not be transactional, even when the Lord accommodates human weakness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devamārga, where the liṅga associated with Balākeśvara becomes a focus of faith and proof.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; it references ‘completing/filling’ the liṅga as a condition tied to receiving wealth.