Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

भजस्व तैजसं लिंगं सर्वदोषनिवृत्तये । वाचिकं मानसं पापं कायिकं वा च यद्भवेत्

Transliteration

bhajasva taijasaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvadoṣanivṛttaye | vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ kāyikaṃ vā ca yadbhavet

Translation

Adore le Liṅga rayonnant afin que soient ôtées toutes les fautes—quel que soit le péché qui naisse, par la parole, par le mental ou par le corps.

Word by Word

• bhajasva: worship, resort to
• bhajasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhaj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• taijasam: luminous, of radiance
• taijasam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: taijasa (प्रातिपदिक; tejas-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying liṅgam)

• liṅgam: liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sarvadoṣanivṛttaye: for the removal of all faults
• sarvadoṣanivṛttaye: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + doṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + nivṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (sarva-doṣa-nivṛtti = 'cessation of all faults')

• vācikam: verbal
• vācikam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vācika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying pāpam)

• mānasam: mental
• mānasam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying pāpam)

• pāpam: sin
• pāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kāyikam: bodily
• kāyikam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāyika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying pāpam)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक-अव्यय (or)

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

• yat: whatever (sin)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• bhavet: may be / might occur
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Taijasa Liṅga of Arunācaleśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant liṅga (taijasa) on a pedestal, bathed in abhiṣeka streams; devotees offer bilva leaves and lamps; subtle motifs show speech/mind/body being cleansed (three streams of light).

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Taijasa Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-bhakti centered on the Liṅga is presented as a comprehensive purifier of sins committed through speech, mind, and body.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala, where the ‘radiant Liṅga’ is especially praised as a locus of purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-bhajana (devotional worship of the Liṅga) as a means to remove all doṣas and pāpas.