Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

लीना गुणाश्च रुद्रोक्त्या यैरिदं बद्धमेव च । चराचरं महाभाग तस्माल्लिंगं प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

līnā guṇāśca rudroktyā yairidaṃ baddhameva ca | carācaraṃ mahābhāga tasmālliṃgaṃ prapūjayet

Translation

Die Guṇas—nach Rudras Ausspruch—sind aufgelöst, obgleich durch sie diese bewegliche und unbewegliche Welt wahrlich gebunden ist. Darum, o Edler, verehre den Liṅga mit großer Ehrfurcht.

Word by Word

• līnāḥ: merged; dissolved
• līnāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lī (ली) (धातु) + līna (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्रियापदवत् ('are merged')

• guṇāḥ: guṇas
• guṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• rudra-uktyā: by Rudra's utterance/statement
• rudra-uktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + ukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('रुद्रस्य उक्त्या')

• yaiḥ: by which (ones)
• yaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• baddham: bound
• baddham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bandh (बन्ध्) (धातु) + baddha (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• cara-acaram: the moving and unmoving (world)
• cara-acaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास ('चरं च अचरं च')

• mahā-bhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahā-bhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिलन्त (ablative adverb)

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

• prapūjayet: should worship
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√pūj (पूज्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Vyāsa (continuing Nandin’s doctrine)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahābhāga (noble seeker) addressed directly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A noble seeker is instructed by a sage: the world appears bound by guṇas like cords; before them stands the Liṅga, and the cords loosen as offerings are made—flowers, water, bilva leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Liṅga
• Guṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Since bondage arises through guṇas and their dissolution is in the Supreme, reverent Liṅga worship is presented as a liberating path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kedārakhaṇḍa, the instruction supports worship at Kedāra and other Śiva-kṣetras where the Liṅga is central.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prapūjā (earnest worship) of the Śiva Liṅga is prescribed.