Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

नीलं मुक्ता प्रवालं च वैडूर्यं चंद्रमेव च । गोमेदं पद्मरागं च मारतं कांचनं तथा

Transliteration

nīlaṃ muktā pravālaṃ ca vaiḍūryaṃ caṃdrameva ca | gomedaṃ padmarāgaṃ ca mārataṃ kāṃcanaṃ tathā

Translation

Saphir bleu, perle, corail, œil-de-chat et pierre de lune ; ainsi encore hessonite, rubis, émeraude et or—

Word by Word

• नीलम्: sapphire/blue gem
• नीलम्: Karma/List item (उद्देश्य/निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मुक्ता: pearl
• मुक्ता: Karma/List item
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रवालम्: coral
• प्रवालम्: Karma/List item
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वैडूर्यम्: cat's-eye (vaidūrya)
• वैडूर्यम्: Karma/List item
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैडूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चन्द्रम्: moonstone / the moon (as a material)
• चन्द्रम्: Karma/List item
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गोमेदम्: gomedaka (hessonite)
• गोमेदम्: Karma/List item
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पद्मरागम्: padmarāga (ruby)
• पद्मरागम्: Karma/List item
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म + राग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पद्मस्य रागः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मारतम्: emerald (mārata)
• मारतम्: Karma/List item
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• काञ्चनम्: gold
• काञ्चनम्: Karma/List item
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise; also
• तथा: Samuccaya/Prakāra (Addition/मिलन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)

Speaker

Kumāra (Skanda)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual tableau of precious substances—sapphire, pearl, coral, cat’s-eye, moonstone, hessonite, ruby, emerald, gold—arranged as offerings or as potential liṅga-materials beside a sanctified altar.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga materials (gems and metals)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva may be worshipped through liṅgas fashioned from diverse precious substances, sanctifying material offerings through devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s glorification of Śiva worship in the Kedāra region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It begins an enumeration of approved substances from which worship-worthy liṅgas may be made.