Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

तैस्तत्र स्थापितं लिङ्गं देवदेवस्य शूलिनः । तस्य संदर्शनादेव नरः पापाद्विमुच्यते

Transliteration

taistatra sthāpitaṃ liṅgaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ | tasya saṃdarśanādeva naraḥ pāpādvimucyate

Translation

Dort errichteten sie den Liṅga des Śūlin, des Gottes der Götter; schon durch bloßes Schauen wird der Mensch von Sünde befreit.

Word by Word

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural (pronoun)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्थापितम्: installed/established
• स्थापितम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) (णिच्) → स्थापयति; √स्था + णिच् → स्थापि (धातु-प्रयोग) → स्थापित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Past participle, Neuter, Singular; agrees with ‘लिङ्गम्’

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular

• शूलिनः: of Śūlin (the trident-bearer)
• शूलिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular (epithet of Śiva: ‘trident-bearer’)

• तस्य: of that (liṅga/that deity)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Genitive, Singular (pronoun)

• संदर्शनात्: from the sight/vision
• संदर्शनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative (5th), Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• विमुच्यते: is freed/released
• विमुच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) — Present, Middle, 3rd person, Singular; ‘is released’

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas perform liṅga-pratiṣṭhā: a black stone liṅga adorned with bilva leaves and garlands, abhiṣeka vessels, lamps; pilgrims approach and are shown shedding darkness (sins) through darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śūlin)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-darśana at a consecrated liṅga is portrayed as a direct purifier that destroys sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha where the sages installed the liṅga in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 32).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sthāpanā is narrated, and darśana (devotional beholding) is presented as efficacious.