Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

यतः क्षोभादृषीणां च तदेवं लिङ्गमुत्तमम् । पतितं ते महादेव न तत्पूज्यं भविष्यति

Transliteration

yataḥ kṣobhādṛṣīṇāṃ ca tadevaṃ liṅgamuttamam | patitaṃ te mahādeva na tatpūjyaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

ഋഷിമാരുടെ ക്ഷോഭം മൂലം ഈ ഉത്തമ ലിംഗം ഇങ്ങനെ പതിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു, ഹേ മഹാദേവ; അതിനാൽ പതിതാവസ്ഥയിൽ ഇത് ഇനി പൂജ്യമായിരിക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• yataḥ: because; from which
• yataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/हेतु-अर्थे), ‘यतः’ = ‘because/from which’

• kṣobhāt: from agitation/disturbance
• kṣobhāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣobha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• ṛṣīṇām: of the sages
• ṛṣīṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• tat: that (thing)
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• evam: thus; in this way
• evam: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारार्थक (adverb of manner)

• liṅgam: the liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent; supreme
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘liṅgam’)

• patitam: fallen
• patitam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: patita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pat (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• te: of you; your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic)

• mahādeva: O Mahādeva
• mahādeva: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; महा + देव

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• tatpūjyam: worthy of worship (that one)
• tatpūjyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + pūjya (प्रातिपदिक; √pūj (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्-तत्पुरुषः (‘that’ + ‘worthy of worship’)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sages (collective ṛṣis addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (general)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred liṅga lies fallen or displaced near a riverbank; agitated sages stand around, their faces stern yet compassionate, addressing Mahādeva about the disrupted worship-worthiness.

Characters & Entities

• Sages (Ṛṣis)
• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred worship requires proper condition and dharmic order; disrespect or disturbance can render an object unfit until restored by right means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is doctrinal within the Revā-khaṇḍa frame; it does not single out a named tīrtha but supports Śaiva sacred geography generally.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implicit rule is stated: a fallen liṅga is not to be worshiped as-is; restoration/reconsecration is implied though not detailed here.