Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

अयनद्वयभिन्नेन गमनेनापि संयुतः । न लंघयिष्यति रविः शृंगं लिंगतनोस्तव

Transliteration

ayanadvayabhinnena gamanenāpi saṃyutaḥ | na laṃghayiṣyati raviḥ śṛṃgaṃ liṃgatanostava

Translation

Même si le Soleil chemine par des voies partagées selon les deux courses solsticiales, il ne franchira pas le sommet de ton corps en forme de liṅga.

Word by Word

• अयनद्वयभिन्नेन: by (a course) divided into two solsticial paths
• अयनद्वयभिन्नेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयन + द्वय + भिन्न (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया, एकवचनम् (neuter, instrumental, singular); विशेषणम्—गमनेन प्रति; समासः—‘अयनद्वयेन भिन्नः’

• गमनेन: by movement/going
• गमनेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया, एकवचनम् (neuter, instrumental, singular)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः (particle)

• संयुतः: endowed/connected
• संयुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+युज् (धातु) → संयुत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (masculine, nominative, singular); भूतकृदन्तः; विशेषणम्—रविः प्रति

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निषेध-निपातः (negation particle)

• लङ्घयिष्यति: will cross/leap over
• लङ्घयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लङ्घ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (simple future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (3rd person singular)

• रविः: the Sun
• रविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (masculine, nominative, singular)

• शृङ्गम्: peak/summit
• शृङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (neuter, accusative, singular)

• लिङ्गतनोः: of your liṅga-form body
• लिङ्गतनोः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग + तनु (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी, एकवचनम् (feminine, genitive, singular); ‘लिङ्गरूपा तनुः’

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचनम् (genitive, singular)

Speaker

Kamalānātha (Brahmā) (deduced from immediate context leading to shloka 41)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Sun arcs across the sky in two seasonal tracks, yet Arunācala rises as an immeasurable liṅga-mountain whose peak seems to touch the heavens; rays halt in reverence, suggesting cosmic submission to Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sun)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s reality, symbolized as the liṅga/pillar, transcends cosmic measures—beyond even the Sun’s vast journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala, portrayed as Śiva’s liṅga-bodied, immeasurable presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse teaches contemplative reverence for Aruṇācala as a cosmic liṅga.