Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यदि भद्र न चेत्कोपं करोषि मयि साम्प्रतम् । बलाभिर्भर मे लिङ्गं ददामि बहु ते धनम्

Transliteration

yadi bhadra na cetkopaṃ karoṣi mayi sāmpratam | balābhirbhara me liṅgaṃ dadāmi bahu te dhanam

Translation

हे भद्र, तू आत्ता माझ्यावर राग धरू नकोस; तर आपल्या बळाने माझे लिंग उचलून ने. मी तुला पुष्कळ धन देईन.

Word by Word

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, शर्तबोधक (conditional particle: if)

• bhadra: O good sir
• bhadra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• cet: if
• cet: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विकल्प/शर्तबोधक (particle: if/otherwise)

• kopaṃ: anger
• kopaṃ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• karoṣi: you do/make
• karoṣi: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• mayi: toward/against me
• mayi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Target locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• sāmpratam: now
• sāmpratam: Kālādhi karaṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāmprata (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: now/at present)

• balābhiḥ: with cranes (balā-birds)
• balābhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: balā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• bhara: fill/bear
• bhara: Kriyā (क्रिया/Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhṛ (भृ धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• liṅgaṃ: liṅga (phallus/emblem)
• liṅgaṃ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• bahu: much
• bahu: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier) धनम्-शब्दस्य

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• dhanam: wealth
• dhanam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Hara (Śiva) (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks gently yet pointedly, requesting the man to carry His liṅga, offering abundant wealth—an overt temptation framed as a moral test.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sevā to the Lord’s symbol (liṅga) sanctifies ordinary effort; humble assistance can become a channel of both worldly and spiritual reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Kantheśvara-centered māhātmya stream in Revā Khaṇḍa; the precise site is the Śiva-sthāna that the narrative is establishing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An act of service is prescribed: to carry/bear the liṅga (liṅga-bhāraṇa) as requested by Hara.