Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च बहवः पर्वता लिंगरूपिणः । मम वाक्याद्भविष्यंति पापक्षयकरा ह्यमी

Transliteration

ete cānye ca bahavaḥ parvatā liṃgarūpiṇaḥ | mama vākyādbhaviṣyaṃti pāpakṣayakarā hyamī

Translation

Ces montagnes-ci et bien d’autres encore deviendront, par ma parole, des manifestations en forme de Liṅga ; en vérité, elles seront destructrices des péchés.

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

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

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• लिङ्गरूपिणः: having liṅga-form
• लिङ्गरूपिणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग-रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लिङ्गस्य रूपी)

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वाक्यात्: from (my) statement
• वाक्यात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• भविष्यन्ति: will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पापक्षयकराः: causing destruction of sins
• पापक्षयकराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-क्षय-कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य क्षयः तं करोति)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• अमी: those (these here)
• अमी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Kārttikeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅga-parvatas (collective)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic utterance from Śiva radiates outward; numerous mountains across the horizon shimmer and assume liṅga-like contours, symbolizing pāpa-kṣaya power.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttikeya
• Śiva
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and devotion to Śiva in Liṅga-form are presented as powerful means for pāpa-kṣaya (dissolution of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A broad class of mountain-tīrthas that become Liṅga-manifestations; the verse universalizes the sanctity beyond named peaks.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the implied practice is Liṅga-darśana, worship, and tīrtha-yātrā for pāpa-kṣaya.