Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

यदिदं च हुतं किंचिद्गुरवस्तोषिता यदि । तेन सत्येन देवस्य लिङ्गं पततु चोत्तमम्

Transliteration

yadidaṃ ca hutaṃ kiṃcidguravastoṣitā yadi | tena satyena devasya liṅgaṃ patatu cottamam

Translation

Wenn wir wahrhaft irgendein Opfer dargebracht haben und wenn unsere Lehrer wirklich zufrieden sind, dann möge kraft dieser Wahrheit das erhabene Liṅga des Herrn herabfallen.

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; यत् इत्यस्य विशेषण (correlative emphasis)

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

• हुतम्: offered (in sacrifice)
• हुतम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (यद् इदम्) इत्यस्य विधेय

• किंचित्: something, a little
• किंचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अव्यक्त-परिमाण (some)

• गुरवः: the teachers/elders
• गुरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तोषिताः: were pleased/satisfied
• तोषिताः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तोषय् (धातु, णिजन्त from तुष्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (गुरवः) इत्यस्य विधेय

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त (conditional particle)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• सत्येन: by (this) truth
• सत्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; तेन इति सह (by this truth)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पततु: may it fall
• पततु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्-सदृश), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्गम्)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (collective oath/utterance within narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅga-prādurbhāva tīrtha (within Revā-khaṇḍa episode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa) in the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of ascetics raise hands in oath; a ritual fire altar implied; the air trembles as an ‘uttama liṅga’ is invoked to fall/manifest; tension between devotion and wrath is visible.

Characters & Entities

• Gurus
• Liṅga
• Deva (Śiva implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Satya (truth) is portrayed as a potent spiritual force; vows and ethical integrity are shown to have tangible, even miraculous, consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse itself does not name the site; it forms part of the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu where Śaiva sacred geography is unfolded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reference is made to huta (fire-offering) and guru-toṣa (satisfying one’s teachers), implying the dharmic weight of yajña and reverence to gurus.