Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

लिंगस्य क्रियते यच्च तत्सर्वं विश्वप्रीतिदम् । तच्च लिगं स्थापयेद्यः शुचौ देशे सुभक्तितः

Transliteration

liṃgasya kriyate yacca tatsarvaṃ viśvaprītidam | tacca ligaṃ sthāpayedyaḥ śucau deśe subhaktitaḥ

Translation

Whatever is done for the liṅga becomes pleasing to the whole universe. And whoever, with pure devotion, establishes that liṅga in a clean and sacred place—his act is universally beneficent.

Word by Word

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्रियते: is done
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive): ‘is done’

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative: ‘whatever’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: ‘and’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशक (correlative: ‘that’)

• सर्वम्: all, entirely
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with तत्)

• विश्वप्रीतिदम्: giving delight to the world
• विश्वप्रीतिदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व + प्रीति + द (प्रातिपदिक); द (√दा/√दद् ‘to give’) प्रत्ययान्त-प्रातिपदिक
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘विश्वस्य प्रीतिं ददाति’ इति)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘that’ (referring to the act/thing)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• स्थापयेत्: should स्थापित/establish
• स्थापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचन; णिजन्तः: ‘should establish’

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (who)

• शुचौ: in a pure (place)
• शुचौ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with देशे): ‘in a pure (place)’

• देशे: in a place
• देशे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• सुभक्तितः: through good devotion
• सुभक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘from/through good devotion’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly prepared clean ground with a small altar; priests and devotees install a liṅga, sprinkling sanctified water; the surrounding landscape subtly transforms into a sacred kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Pratiṣṭhā (installation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions done for Śiva are presented as cosmic welfare; devotion and purity of place are central.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is named; the verse supports the sanctification of any pure place through liṅga-pratiṣṭhā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establishing (pratiṣṭhā) the Śiva-liṅga in a clean place with sincere devotion.