Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

जगत्प्रधानमिति च नाम जप्त्वा विराजते । कृष्णमूले कृष्णलिंगं नाम चार्जितमेव च

Transliteration

jagatpradhānamiti ca nāma japtvā virājate | kṛṣṇamūle kṛṣṇaliṃgaṃ nāma cārjitameva ca

Translation

‘जगत्प्रधान’ नाम का जप करने से साधक तेजस्वी होता है। और कृष्णमूल में ‘कृष्ण-लिङ्ग’ नामक लिङ्ग निश्चय ही स्थापित/प्राप्त हुआ।

Word by Word

• jagat-pradhānam: (the name) ‘Jagatpradhāna’
• jagat-pradhānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + pradhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘जगतः प्रधानम्’ (chief of the world)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-कारक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• nāma: name
• nāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘नाम’ (as a name)

• japtvā: having recited
• japtvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• virājate: shines/is splendid
• virājate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-rāj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• kṛṣṇa-mūle: at Kṛṣṇamūla
• kṛṣṇa-mūle: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + mūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष—‘कृष्णं मूलम्’ (at the black root / at Kṛṣṇa-mūla place)

• kṛṣṇa-liṅgam: the black liṅga
• kṛṣṇa-liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—‘कृष्णं लिङ्गम्’ (black liṅga)

• nāma: (as) the name
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र ‘नाम’ (as a name)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• arjitam: obtained/earned
• arjitam: Kriya (Predicate complement/क्रियापूरक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arj (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘(नाम) अर्जितम्’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇamūla / Kṛṣṇaliṅga

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim or sage chants ‘Jagatpradhāna’ before a dark-hued (kṛṣṇa-varṇa) liṅga at a root-like sacred spot called Kṛṣṇamūla; the chanter’s aura is shown as increasing radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Jagatpradhāna (name/epithet of Śiva)
• Kṛṣṇa-liṅga
• Kṛṣṇamūla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nāma-japa of Śiva’s epithets brings inner brilliance and merit; sacred liṅgas are tied to potent names and places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇamūla is mentioned as the locus associated with Kṛṣṇa-liṅga, but the broader geographic identification is not given in the excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of the name ‘Jagatpradhāna’ is recommended/celebrated.