Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

पश्येदं रुचिरं लिंगं मया दृष्टमिह प्रभो । तदेतत्पूजयिष्यामि यथाविभवमादरात्

Transliteration

paśyedaṃ ruciraṃ liṃgaṃ mayā dṛṣṭamiha prabho | tadetatpūjayiṣyāmi yathāvibhavamādarāt

Translation

「主よ、ご覧ください。ここで私が見出したこの麗しきリンガを。力の及ぶかぎり、敬虔に供養いたしましょう。」

Word by Word

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• रुचिरम्: beautiful
• रुचिरम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying लिङ्गम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्ट (कृदन्त, √दृश्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying लिङ्गम्)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एतत्: this very (one)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (emphatic 'this very')

• पूजयिष्यामि: I will worship
• पूजयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• यथा-विभवम्: according to (my) means
• यथा-विभवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अर्थः 'यथाशक्ति/according to means'

• आदरात्: out of reverence
• आदरात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/ablative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause)

Speaker

Śabara attendant (addressing the prince as 'prabho')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The niṣāda addresses the prince, holding or pointing to the liṅga; his face shows earnest devotion and humility; the liṅga appears ‘rucira’—pleasing, polished, subtly radiant.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship offered within one’s capacity, done with reverence, is dharmically praised.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the verse centers on the discovery and intended worship of a Śiva-liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā is mentioned in principle—worship performed respectfully and within one’s means (yathāvibhavam).