Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

तस्य प्रोच्य भवान्धर्मांस्ततो मल्लोकमाव्रज । इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्रुद्रो लिंगमध्ये न्यलीयत

Transliteration

tasya procya bhavāndharmāṃstato mallokamāvraja | ityuktvā bhagavānrudro liṃgamadhye nyalīyata

Translation

彼に聖なる務め（ダルマ）を説き示したのち、福徳なるルドラは「それでは、わが世界へ来たれ」と告げた。そう語り終えると、主ルドラはリンガのまさに中心へと再び融け入った。

Word by Word

• तस्य: to him / of him
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Possessor/Reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• प्रोच्य: having said/told
• प्रोच्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — having told

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: कर्ता (Subject of implied imperative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनामवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Honorific 2nd-person pronoun-like form

• धर्मान्: duties/virtues
• धर्मान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• ततः: then
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Sequencing)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अनन्तरवाचक अव्यय (adverb: then/from there)

• मत्-लोकम्: my world/realm
• मत्-लोकम्: कर्म (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी/मम-आदेश) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (my world)

• आव्रज: come/attain
• आव्रज: क्रिया (Predicate/Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन — come/attain

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरण (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — having spoken

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular (apposition)

• लिङ्गमध्ये: in the middle of the liṅga
• लिङ्गमध्ये: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (in the middle of the liṅga)

• न्यलीयत: merged/vanished
• न्यलीयत: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + ली (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — he disappeared/merged

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating; Rudra is quoted

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāla-liṅga (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The devotee/royal sage (contextually Karaṃdhama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a sanctum: Rudra, having spoken, dissolves into a radiant liṅga at the center; the devotee stands with folded hands, receiving the final instruction and promise of Śiva’s world; lamps flicker as the form becomes pure light.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Śiva-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma taught by Śiva culminates in liberation-oriented devotion—attaining Śiva’s abode through righteous living and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage centers on the Mahākāla/Śiva Liṅga tradition within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes Śiva’s dharma-upadeśa and the sanctity of the Liṅga as the locus of presence.