Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

स्पर्शमात्रे मनुष्याणां रुद्रवासोऽभिजायते । तेन दानफलं सर्वं कुरुक्षेत्रादिकं च यत्

Transliteration

sparśamātre manuṣyāṇāṃ rudravāso'bhijāyate | tena dānaphalaṃ sarvaṃ kurukṣetrādikaṃ ca yat

Translation

Par le seul fait de le toucher, les hommes obtiennent demeure dans le séjour de Rudra ; ainsi reçoit-on le fruit total de la charité, ainsi que le mérite de Kurukṣetra et d’autres champs sacrés renommés.

Word by Word

• स्पर्शमात्रे: upon mere touch
• स्पर्शमात्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘स्पर्शः एव मात्रः’/‘स्पर्शमात्रम्’ इत्यस्य सप्तमी)

• मनुष्याणाम्: of men/people
• मनुष्याणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• रुद्रवासः: Rudra’s presence/abode
• रुद्रवासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘रुद्रस्य वासः’ = ‘Rudra’s abode/indwelling’)

• अभिजायते: arises/comes into being
• अभिजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तेन: thereby/by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• दानफलम्: fruit of giving
• दानफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दानफलम्)

• कुरुक्षेत्रादिकम्: beginning with Kurukṣetra (etc.)
• कुरुक्षेत्रादिकम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र + आदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘beginning with Kurukṣetra’ इत्यर्थे; विशेषणम् (यत्)

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

• यत्: whatever (it is)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sparśa-liṅga

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims reach out to touch the liṅga; a radiant pathway or aura rises upward symbolizing Rudra-loka; surrounding motifs show Kurukṣetra and other tīrthas fading into the liṅga’s single-point brilliance.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Kurukṣetra
• Sparśa-liṅga (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a simple act done at a potent sacred locus—here, a touch—can yield vast results when the site is divinely empowered.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sparśa-liṅga tirtha of the Revā (Narmadā) region, presented as granting extraordinary merit through contact.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is ‘sparśa’—touching the sacred liṅga—as a direct means to obtain great punya.