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

मी तिथे सर्व पापांचा नाश करणाऱ्या लिंगाची स्थापना करेन. एक लिंग तिथे असेल जिथे मी त्याच्या वधाची प्रतिज्ञा घेतली होती.

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).