Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

पूजयित्वा तु तल्लिंगं ततो याति दिवालयम् । महापातकयुक्तोऽपि तत्प्रभावादसंशयम्

Transliteration

pūjayitvā tu talliṃgaṃ tato yāti divālayam | mahāpātakayukto'pi tatprabhāvādasaṃśayam

Translation

Et après avoir vénéré ce liṅga, il se rend alors au séjour divin. Même chargé de grands péchés, il l’obtient par sa puissance, sans aucun doute.

Word by Word

• pūjayitvā: having worshipped
• pūjayitvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund) = having worshipped

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अन्वय-निपात) = but; indeed

• tat-liṅgam: that liṅga
• tat-liṅgam: Karma (object of pūjayitvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तत्-सम्बद्धं लिङ्गम्) = that liṅga

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय = then; thereafter

• yāti: goes
• yāti: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमा पुरुष, एकवचन = goes

• diva-ālayam: to the heavenly abode
• diva-ālayam: Karma (goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diva (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दिवः आलयम्) = abode of heaven

• mahā-pātaka-yuktaḥ: even if burdened with great sins
• mahā-pātaka-yuktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) √yuj ‘to be joined’ = endowed with great sins; कर्तृ (नरः) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = even)

• tat-prabhāvāt: due to its power
• tat-prabhāvāt: Hetu (cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य प्रभावः) = due to its power

• asaṃśayam: undoubtedly
• asaṃśayam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: asaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = without doubt

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tīrtha-yugma with Śiva-liṅga

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed, stands before a dark stone liṅga on a pedestal, offering water and bilva leaves; a subtle radiance rises upward, indicating ascent to a divine abode. In the background, twin waters glimmer, linking snāna to pūjā.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Divālaya (divine abode)
• Mahāpātaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha and its liṅga are portrayed as supremely redemptive: sincere worship can uplift even the gravely fallen.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrthayugma and the associated “that liṅga” shrine described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 198.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā (worship of the liṅga), following the tīrtha immersion context.