Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अणोरणीयांस्त्वं देव तथा त्वं महतो महान् । तस्मात्त्वया विधातव्यं सर्वैषां लिंगपूजनम्

Transliteration

aṇoraṇīyāṃstvaṃ deva tathā tvaṃ mahato mahān | tasmāttvayā vidhātavyaṃ sarvaiṣāṃ liṃgapūjanam

Translation

„O Gott, du bist feiner als das Feinste und größer als das Größte. Darum soll durch dich für alle die Verehrung des Liṅga verordnet werden.“

Word by Word

• अणोः: than an atom
• अणोः: Sambandha (Comparison base/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तुलनार्थे (genitive of comparison)

• अणीयान्: smaller
• अणीयान्: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अणीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• महतः: than the great
• महतः: Sambandha (Comparison base/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तुलनार्थे (genitive of comparison)

• महान्: greater
• महान्: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: तद्)
• Form: हेतौ/तस्मात्-प्रयोगः (ablatival adverb: "therefore/from that")

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• विधातव्यम्: must be arranged/done
• विधातव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/future passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेयार्थ ("to be done")

• सर्वैषाम्: of all
• सर्वैषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• लिङ्गपूजनम्: worship of the Liṅga
• लिङ्गपूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्गपूजन (प्रातिपदिक: लिङ्ग + पूजन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Devas and Ṛṣis (collective praise) (deduced from preceding verse of stuti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teaching moment: devas/ṛṣis address Śiva as the paradoxical Absolute; the liṅga appears as a boundless pillar of light yet also as a small, worshipable emblem on a pedestal.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (addressed deity, Śiva as Mahāliṅga)
• Liṅga-pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Because the divine transcends all measures—smallest and greatest—Liṅga-worship is upheld as a universal path of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedarnath, where the Mahāliṅga’s transcendence is proclaimed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjanam is explicitly prescribed as a practice to be established for everyone.