Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अस्य लिंगस्य माहात्म्यान्न कदाचिच्चलिष्यति । सर्वथा म इदं लिंगं प्रलयान्ते न चाल्यते

Transliteration

asya liṃgasya māhātmyānna kadāciccaliṣyati | sarvathā ma idaṃ liṃgaṃ pralayānte na cālyate

Translation

By the greatness of this liṅga, it shall never waver. In every way, this liṅga of mine shall not be moved—even at the end of pralaya, the cosmic dissolution.

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of this’

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यात्: because of (its) greatness
• माहात्म्यात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन — ‘due to/from the greatness’

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — निषेध (negation)

• कदाचित्: ever; at any time
• कदाचित्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• चलिष्यति: will move
• चलिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘will move’

• सर्वथा: in every way; entirely
• सर्वथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘my’

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘this’ (as object)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — apposition to इदम्

• प्रलय-अन्ते: at the end of the cosmic dissolution
• प्रलय-अन्ते: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलय (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — ‘at the end of dissolution’

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — निषेध (negation)

• चाल्यते: is moved
• चाल्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive) — ‘is moved’

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbudācala-liṅga (Arbuda Śiva-sthāna)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (including Vasiṣṭha, Gautama, etc.)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Śiva-liṅga on the summit of Arbudācala, unmoved while cosmic waters and dissolution-fire swirl at the horizon; devas and ṛṣis witness its unshakable stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Pralaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine symbol (liṅga) signifies the unshakable reality of Śiva beyond cosmic change.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Acaleśvara-liṅga in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the focus is on the liṅga’s eternal, immovable sanctity.