Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

यत्नेन महता चायं चालयन्नपि मारुतिः । नालं चालयितुं ह्यासीत्सैकतं लिंगमोजसा

Transliteration

yatnena mahatā cāyaṃ cālayannapi mārutiḥ | nālaṃ cālayituṃ hyāsītsaikataṃ liṃgamojasā

Translation

Bien que Māruti s’évertuât avec un effort immense à le remuer, il ne put—malgré sa puissance—déplacer ce liṅga fait de sable.

Word by Word

• यत्नेन: by effort
• यत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण) विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (means)

• महता: great
• महता: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (agreeing with यत्नेन)

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

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun nominative singular

• चालयन्: moving, trying to move
• चालयन्: Karta (Agent-participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Present active participle nominative singular

• अपि: even/though
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/अपेक्षाबोधक (even/also)

• मारुतिः: Hanumān (son of Marut)
• मारुतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय; negation

• अलम्: able/sufficient
• अलम्: Sambandha (Modal particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम् (अव्यय)
• Form: पर्याप्त्यर्थक अव्यय; ‘able/sufficient’ (with infinitive)

• चालयितुम्: to move
• चालयितुम्: Karma (Object of ability/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive); ‘to move’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; emphasis/indeed

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Imperfect 3rd sg

• सैकतम्: sandy
• सैकतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सैकत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (qualifying liṅgam)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• ओजसा: by strength
• ओजसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Rāmeśvara (sand-liṅga episode)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanumān (Māruti) straining to move a sand-formed Śiva-liṅga on the seashore of Setu; the liṅga remains unmoved, radiating quiet potency while waves and wind frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Māruti (Hanumān)
• Śiva (Liṅga implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecration (pratiṣṭhā) grants spiritual ‘weight’ beyond matter; dharma’s foundation cannot be uprooted by sheer force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmeśvara at Setu (Rāmeśvaram), famed for the liṅga that would not be displaced.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly underscores the inviolability of a properly established liṅga (pratiṣṭhita-liṅga).