Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शिवदीक्षामुपागम्यानुगृहीतः शिवागमैः । शिवप्रासाद आधाय लिंगं श्रद्धासमन्वितः

Transliteration

śivadīkṣāmupāgamyānugṛhītaḥ śivāgamaiḥ | śivaprāsāda ādhāya liṃgaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

शिवदीक्षा प्राप्त करून व शैव आगमांच्या कृपेने अनुगृहीत होऊन, मी शिवप्रासाद (मंदिर) उभारला आणि श्रद्धेने लिंगाची स्थापना केली.

Word by Word

• śivadīkṣām: Śiva-initiation
• śivadīkṣām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + dīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: शिवस्य दीक्षा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• upāgamya: having approached/undergone
• upāgamya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• anugṛhītaḥ: favored, blessed
• anugṛhītaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu-√grah (धातु) → anugṛhīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (past passive participle/क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• śivāgamaiḥ: by the Śaiva āgamas (scriptures)
• śivāgamaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + āgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभावः: शिवसम्बद्धाः आगमाः); पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• śivaprāsādam: a temple/palace of Śiva
• śivaprāsādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: शिवस्य प्रासादः); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ādhāya: having installed/placed
• ādhāya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• śraddhāsamanvitaḥ: endowed with faith
• śraddhāsamanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः: श्रद्धया समन्वितः); भूतकृदन्त-प्रायः (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating a past-life account (contextual deduction within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vidiśā (Vaidīśa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal Śaiva initiation and consecration: the initiate receives dīkṣā, then oversees construction of a prāsāda and installs a liṅga with solemn rites, fire, and mantra.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivāgama
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Initiation and scriptural guidance culminate in concrete dharma—building a Śiva temple and installing the liṅga with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the act of establishing a Śiva-prāsāda (temple) itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-dīkṣā (initiation) and liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation) are indicated, grounded in Śaiva Āgamic authority.