Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

लिंगं संस्थापयिष्यामि सर्वपापा पहं ततः । एकं यत्र प्रतिज्ञा मे गृहीतास्य वधाय च

Transliteration

liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayiṣyāmi sarvapāpā pahaṃ tataḥ | ekaṃ yatra pratijñā me gṛhītāsya vadhāya ca

Translation

സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളെയും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ലിംഗത്തെ ഞാൻ അവിടെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിക്കും. അവൻ്റെ വധത്തിനായി ഞാൻ എവിടെയാണോ പ്രതിജ്ഞയെടുത്തത്, അവിടെ ഒരു ലിംഗം ഉണ്ടായിരിക്കും.

Word by Word

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• संस्थापयिष्यामि: I will स्थापित/establish
• संस्थापयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√स्था (धातु) [णिच् causative: स्थापय]
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• सर्वपापाः: all sins
• सर्वपापाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वे पापाः = all sins)

• अपहं: I remove
• अपहं: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-√हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; पाठानुसारं ‘अपहं’ = ‘अपहन्मि/अपहास्यामि’ इत्यर्थे (elliptic)

• ततः: thereafter/from that
• ततः: Apadana (Source/Result context/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (ablatival adverb: from that/thereafter)

• एकम्: one (first)
• एकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रमसंख्या (first item)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक सम्बन्ध (relative adverb: where)

• प्रतिज्ञा: promise
• प्रतिज्ञा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratijñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गृहीता: taken/undertaken
• गृहीता: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु) → gṛhīta (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘प्रतिज्ञा’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• अस्य: of him/of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वधाय: for slaying
• वधाय: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (for the purpose)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

Speaker

Pāvaki (Agni)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pratijñā-sthāna Liṅga (vow-site liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (primary addressee in surrounding dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda declares his intent to establish a liṅga at the vow-site; depict a sacred ground marked by a simple altar, with Skanda’s warrior energy transmuted into devotional construction.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Liṅga)
• Pāvaki (Agni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow aligned with dharma, sealed through Śiva-liṅga worship, becomes a means for purification and the removal of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to a specific vow-site where a Liṅga is to be established; the exact toponym is not stated in this snippet, but the passage functions as sthala-māhātmya for that locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing a Śiva-liṅga) with the stated fruit of sarva-pāpa-kṣaya (removal of all sins).