Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

प्राप्तं तु नान्यथा राजञ्छङ्करो वदते त्विदम् । स्पर्शलिङ्गमिदं राजञ्छङ्करेण तु निर्मितम्

Transliteration

prāptaṃ tu nānyathā rājañchaṅkaro vadate tvidam | sparśaliṅgamidaṃ rājañchaṅkareṇa tu nirmitam

Translation

ຂ້າແຕ່ພຣະຣາຊາ ເລື່ອງນີ້ແມ່ນເປັນຢ່າງນັ້ນແທ້ ບໍ່ແມ່ນຢ່າງອື່ນ—ພຣະສັງກະຣະ (Śaṅkara) ເອງໄດ້ກ່າວໄວ້. ຂ້າແຕ່ພຣະຣາຊາ ນີ້ແມ່ນ “ສະປັຣຊະ-ລິງຄະ” ທີ່ພຣະສັງກະຣະສ້າງຂຶ້ນ

Word by Word

• प्राप्तम्: (it is) obtained/established
• प्राप्तम्: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भावे—‘प्राप्तम्’ = ‘attained/established’

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वदते: says
• वदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• स्पर्शलिङ्गम्: the touch-linga
• स्पर्शलिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘स्पर्शस्य लिङ्गम्’ = ‘touch-linga’)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• शङ्करेण: by Śaṅkara
• शङ्करेण: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• निर्मितम्: made/created
• निर्मितम्: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-√मा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a sage addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sparśa-liṅga (named)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (addressed as rājñ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens as a sage points to a radiant liṅga; above or behind, an ethereal presence of Śaṅkara confirms its origin; the liṅga bears subtle marks suggesting ‘sparśa’ (touch) sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Sparśa-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s own consecration makes a liṅga supremely authoritative; faith in the deity-established sacred symbol is central to receiving its grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sparśa-liṅga associated with the Revā (Narmadā) region in the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the liṅga’s divine origin as the basis for later merits (especially by touch).