Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

एतत्संदर्शनार्थाय लिंगमूर्तिरभूद्विभुः । तल्लिंगमतुलं देवा नमश्चक्रुर्मुदान्विताः

Transliteration

etatsaṃdarśanārthāya liṃgamūrtirabhūdvibhuḥ | talliṃgamatulaṃ devā namaścakrurmudānvitāḥ

Translation

Afin d’accorder cette vision, le Seigneur qui pénètre tout prit la forme du Liṅga. Dans la joie, les dieux s’inclinèrent avec vénération devant ce Liṅga sans égal.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative)

• संदर्शनार्थाय: for the purpose of showing/seeing
• संदर्शनार्थाय: Sampradāna (Purpose/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदर्शन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—संदर्शनस्य अर्थः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• लिङ्गमूर्तिः: the liṅga-form (manifestation)
• लिङ्गमूर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—लिङ्गरूपा मूर्तिः (तत्पुरुष)

• अभूत्: became/appeared
• अभूत्: Kriyā (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• विभुः: the all-pervading Lord
• विभुः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अतुलम्: incomparable
• अतुलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (interjection/particle of salutation)

• चक्रुः: made/did (paid)
• चक्रुः: Kriyā (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• मुदान्विताः: endowed with joy
• मुदान्विताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of देवाः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुदा + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इ ‘to go/attach’ in sense ‘endowed’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘अन्वित’ (past participle) ; समासः—मुदया अन्विताः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrative voice

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The all-pervading Lord manifests as a radiant, incomparable liṅga; the assembled devas, faces uplifted in wonder, bow with folded hands, their crowns catching the liṅga’s glow.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhu (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• devāḥ (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine revelation (darśana) is compassion: Śiva takes a worshipable form so beings may approach Him with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named; the focus is the Liṅga as a universal sacred presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reverential bowing (namaskāra) and worship of the Liṅga are implied as the proper response to darśana.