Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

शतसंख्याबलं राज्यं रुद्रलोक च भेजिरे । जामदग्न्यस्त्विदं लिंगमाराध्य च समायुतम्

Transliteration

śatasaṃkhyābalaṃ rājyaṃ rudraloka ca bhejire | jāmadagnyastvidaṃ liṃgamārādhya ca samāyutam

Translation

Sie erlangten ein Reich, dessen Kraft sich hundertfach stärkte, und gelangten auch in Rudras Welt. Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma) jedoch, der diesen Liṅga verehrte, wurde mit voller Macht und Wohlstand ausgestattet.

Word by Word

• śata-saṃkhyā-balam: having strength numbered in hundreds
• śata-saṃkhyā-balam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शतसंख्या बलं यस्य)

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• rudra-lokam: Rudra’s world
• rudra-lokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य लोकः)

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

• bhejire: attained/partook of
• bhejire: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhaj (भज्, सेवायाम्/प्राप्तौ)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• jāmadagnyāḥ: the Jāmadagnyas (descendants of Jamadagni)
• jāmadagnyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmadagnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषण-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

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

• ārādhya: having worshipped
• ārādhya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√radh (राध्, आराधने/सिद्धौ)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (gerund), अव्यय

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

• samāyutam: endowed/associated (with it)
• samāyutam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāyuta (सम्+आ+√yuj, युज्, योगे)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (joined/associated)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triumphant king receives blessings before a liṅga; above, a vision of Rudraloka; Paraśurāma stands with axe, vibhūti and matted hair, receiving Śiva’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-liṅga worship grants both worldly stability (rājya-bala) and the highest posthumous goal of reaching Rudra’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage continues the praise of the Kumāreśa/Rāmeśvara liṅga associated with the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s sacred locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana/abhiyarcana of the liṅga—devotional worship of Śiva’s emblem.