Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

निमित्तीकृत्य चात्मानं साध्वर्थे लिंगमर्चितम् । रोगाभिभूतो रोगैर्वा नाम्नामष्टोत्तरं शतम्

Transliteration

nimittīkṛtya cātmānaṃ sādhvarthe liṃgamarcitam | rogābhibhūto rogairvā nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam

Translation

Taking oneself as the occasion and intending a holy purpose, one should worship the liṅga. One afflicted by disease—by illnesses of any kind—should recite the hundred-and-eight names.

Word by Word

• nimittīkṛtya: having made (as) a cause/pretext
• nimittīkṛtya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nimitta (प्रातिपदिक) + √kṛ (कृ, करणॆ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘निमित्तं कृत्वा’

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

• ātmānam: oneself
• ātmānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• sādhu-arthe: for a good purpose
• sādhu-arthe: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (साधोः अर्थे/साध्वर्थे = for a good purpose)

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

• arcitam: worshipped
• arcitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (अर्च्, पूजायाम्)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘पूजितम्’

• roga-abhibhūtaḥ: overcome by disease
• roga-abhibhūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक) + abhibhūta (√bhū, भू, सत्तायाम्; उपसर्गः अभि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रोगैः अभिभूतः)

• rogaiḥ: by diseases
• rogaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• nāmnām: of names
• nāmnām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• aṣṭottaram: eight more (i.e., 108)
• aṣṭottaram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अष्ट अधिकम्/अष्टोत्तरम् = eight more)

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sick devotee, supported by family, offers bilva leaves and water to a black stone liṅga; a priest recites 108 names with a mālā.

Characters & Entities

• liṅga
• aṣṭottara-śata-nāma (108 names)
• disease (roga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering can be transformed into sādhana: worship and sacred recitation are presented as dharmic remedies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga at the Kumāreśvara-associated sacred area of this chapter, treated as a source of relief and merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅgārcana (worship of the liṅga) and recitation of the 108 names (aṣṭottara-śata-nāma) for those afflicted by disease.