Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

तस्य प्रोच्य भवान्धर्मांस्ततो मल्लोकमाव्रज । इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्रुद्रो लिंगमध्ये न्यलीयत

Transliteration

tasya procya bhavāndharmāṃstato mallokamāvraja | ityuktvā bhagavānrudro liṃgamadhye nyalīyata

Translation

After teaching him the sacred duties, the Blessed Rudra said, “Then come to My world.” Having spoken thus, Lord Rudra merged back into the very heart of the Liṅga.

Word by Word

• तस्य: to him / of him
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Possessor/Reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• प्रोच्य: having said/told
• प्रोच्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — having told

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: कर्ता (Subject of implied imperative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनामवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Honorific 2nd-person pronoun-like form

• धर्मान्: duties/virtues
• धर्मान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• ततः: then
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Sequencing)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अनन्तरवाचक अव्यय (adverb: then/from there)

• मत्-लोकम्: my world/realm
• मत्-लोकम्: कर्म (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी/मम-आदेश) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (my world)

• आव्रज: come/attain
• आव्रज: क्रिया (Predicate/Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन — come/attain

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरण (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — having spoken

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular (apposition)

• लिङ्गमध्ये: in the middle of the liṅga
• लिङ्गमध्ये: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (in the middle of the liṅga)

• न्यलीयत: merged/vanished
• न्यलीयत: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + ली (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — he disappeared/merged

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating; Rudra is quoted

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāla-liṅga (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The devotee/royal sage (contextually Karaṃdhama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a sanctum: Rudra, having spoken, dissolves into a radiant liṅga at the center; the devotee stands with folded hands, receiving the final instruction and promise of Śiva’s world; lamps flicker as the form becomes pure light.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Śiva-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma taught by Śiva culminates in liberation-oriented devotion—attaining Śiva’s abode through righteous living and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage centers on the Mahākāla/Śiva Liṅga tradition within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes Śiva’s dharma-upadeśa and the sanctity of the Liṅga as the locus of presence.