Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 179

Devanagari script

प्रतर्दनो बाणलिंगं हिरण्यभुजनाम च । राजिकं च तथा दैत्या नाम उग्रेति कीर्तितम्

Transliteration

pratardano bāṇaliṃgaṃ hiraṇyabhujanāma ca | rājikaṃ ca tathā daityā nāma ugreti kīrtitam

Translation

Pratardana établit un Liṅga fait de flèches ; il porte le nom de Hiraṇyabhuja, « aux Bras d’Or ». De même, les Daityas établirent un Liṅga de graines de moutarde ; il est célébré sous le nom d’Ugra, « le Terrible ».

Word by Word

• प्रतर्दनः: Pratardana (name)
• प्रतर्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतर्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• बाणलिङ्गम्: arrow-liṅga; liṅga shaped like an arrow
• बाणलिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाणलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; बाण+लिङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

• हिरण्यभुजनाम: named Hiraṇyabhuja
• हिरण्यभुजनाम: Sambandha (Appellation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हिरण्यभुजनाम (प्रातिपदिक; हिरण्यभुज+नाम)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक-अव्ययसमास (appellative compound used indeclinably: 'named ...')

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

• राजिकम्: Rājika (name of a liṅga/place)
• राजिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

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

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चय-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• दैत्या: the Daityas (demons)
• दैत्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masculine, nominative plural)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Appellation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (appellative indeclinable)

• उग्र: Ugra (name)
• उग्र: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (masculine, nominative singular; proper name)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• कीर्तितम्: is proclaimed; is said
• कीर्तितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'is proclaimed' (past passive participle, neuter sg.)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal figure Pratardana offers a bundle of arrows, forming an arrow-made liṅga on a ritual platform; nearby, daityas in subdued devotion present a minute mustard-seed liṅga, with Śiva’s Ugra radiance hovering—fierce yet benevolent.

Characters & Entities

• Pratardana
• Bāṇa-liṅga
• Hiraṇyabhuja
• Daityas
• Ugra
• Śiva (implied by liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

From weapons to seeds, every domain of life can be redirected toward dharma when offered to Śiva—the Lord beyond friend and foe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies symbolic Liṅga-making from available materials (arrows, mustard), but does not state a formal vrata or pūjā sequence.