Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

यथायथा श्रद्धयासौ तल्लिंगं परिपश्यति । तथातथा विमुच्येत दोषैर्जन्मशतोद्भवैः

Transliteration

yathāyathā śraddhayāsau talliṃgaṃ paripaśyati | tathātathā vimucyeta doṣairjanmaśatodbhavaiḥ

Translation

In dem Maße, wie man jenes Liṅga gläubig schaut, in eben diesem Maße wird man von den Makeln befreit, die aus Hunderten von Geburten stammen.

Word by Word

• यथा-यथा: as…as (in whatever manner)
• यथा-यथा: Sambandha (Correlation/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः) — correlating adverb ‘as…so…’

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — feminine instrumental singular

• असौ: he (that person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — demonstrative pronoun ‘this/he’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object-determiner/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद) — neuter accusative singular ‘that’ (as determiner)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• तल्लिङ्गम्: that liṅga
• तल्लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/निर्देशक-समास (तत् लिङ्गम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• परिपश्यति: beholds/sees
• परिपश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + पश्य् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — present indicative, 3rd sg, active

• तथा-तथा: so…so (accordingly)
• तथा-तथा: Sambandha (Correlation/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः) — correlating adverb ‘so…so…’

• विमुच्येत: would be released
• विमुच्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-भावः — optative, 3rd sg, middle ‘would be freed’

• दोषैः: by/from faults
• दोषैः: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — masculine instrumental plural

• जन्मशतोद्भवैः: arising from hundreds of births
• जन्मशतोद्भवैः: Hetu/Instrument (Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म + शत + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी/सप्तमीभावः): ‘जन्मशतेषु उद्भवाः’ = arising from a hundred births; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — masculine instrumental plural (agreeing with दोषैः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāla Liṅga at Babhru-pāvana tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim’s gaze meets the Mahākāla Liṅga; behind him faint translucent layers symbolize ‘hundreds of births’ dissolving like mist as faith intensifies.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The fruit of darśana is proportional to one’s faith; sincere reverence accelerates karmic purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s praised liṅga at Guptakṣetra (Mahīsāgara-saṅgama context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-darśana (reverent beholding/visiting the liṅga) with śraddhā.