Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तत्संभूतं महालिंगं जलधारणसंयुतम् । पूजयित्वा विधानेन चातुर्मास्ये शिवो भवेत्

Transliteration

tatsaṃbhūtaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ jaladhāraṇasaṃyutam | pūjayitvā vidhānena cāturmāsye śivo bhavet

Translation

En vénérant selon la règle ce grand liṅga ainsi manifesté, pourvu de la puissance de retenir et de faire couler l’eau, durant le Cāturmāsya, on devient semblable à Śiva (on atteint l’état de Śiva).

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular); विशेषणरूपेण ‘संभूतम्’ इत्यस्य

• संभूतम्: arisen/produced
• संभूतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+भू (धातु) → संभूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (past participle; neuter nom/acc sg)

• महालिङ्गम्: the great liṅga
• महालिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• जलधारणसंयुतम्: endowed with water-holding (power)
• जलधारणसंयुतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + धारण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जलधारणेन/जलधारणस्य) + ‘संयुत’ (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘महालिङ्गम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having worshipped’

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed rite
• विधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• भवेत्: may become / will be
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta-style narration within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amarakantaka (Narmadā-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A large liṅga continuously bathed by a stream of water (jala-dhārā), with devotees performing orderly ritual steps during the rainy season; the liṅga appears to have ‘arisen’ naturally, radiating power.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly performed worship during Cāturmāsya is extolled as a direct means to attain Śiva’s grace and state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Amarakantaka–Narmadā tīrtha context frames the liṅga worship being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhi-based pūjā of a great liṅga accompanied by water-bearing/continuous water offering (jaladhārā/abhiṣeka).