Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

यदि तुष्टोऽसि सांनिद्यं लिंगेऽत्र क्रियतां सदा । अक्षयं तत्कृतं चास्तु यल्लिंगे क्रियतेऽत्र च

Transliteration

yadi tuṣṭo'si sāṃnidyaṃ liṃge'tra kriyatāṃ sadā | akṣayaṃ tatkṛtaṃ cāstu yalliṃge kriyate'tra ca

Translation

If you are pleased, then may your abiding presence be established forever in this liṅga. And may whatever is done here for this liṅga become imperishable, of unfailing merit.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) → तुष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘त्वम्’ (अध्याहृत) विशेषणम्

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सांनिध्यम्: presence
• सांनिध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांनिध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative)

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

• क्रियताम्: let it be done
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘तत्कृतम्’ विशेषणम्

• तत्कृतम्: that act (done)
• तत्कृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य कृतम् = that which is done by/for that)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• क्रियते: is done
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Kālabhīti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience; immediate speaker is Kālabhīti to Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee petitions Śiva to abide forever in the liṅga; the liṅga shines with a steady, anchored radiance, suggesting permanent consecration and akṣaya merit.

Characters & Entities

• Kālabhīti
• Śiva
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A consecrated liṅga becomes a lasting locus of divine presence, making worship there yield inexhaustible merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular liṅga-site is being established and praised in-context; the verse emphasizes the sanctity of “this liṅga here” as a powerful sthala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establishing Śiva’s perpetual presence in the liṅga and performing liṅga-worship there for akṣaya (imperishable) merit.