Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

महाकालमनुप्राप्य परमां प्रीतिमागतः । स पश्यन्सुमहालिंगं नातृप्यत जनेस्वरः

Transliteration

mahākālamanuprāpya paramāṃ prītimāgataḥ | sa paśyansumahāliṃgaṃ nātṛpyata janesvaraḥ

Translation

महाकाळास प्राप्त होऊन तो परम प्रीतिने भरून गेला. ते अतिमहान लिंग पाहत पाहत जनांचा स्वामी तृप्त होईना.

Word by Word

• mahākālam: Mahākāla
• mahākālam: Karma (Object of anuprāpya/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahākāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• anuprāpya: having reached
• anuprāpya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu + pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive); अव्ययभाव; उपसर्ग: अनु+प्र

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषण (of prītim)

• prītim: joy/pleasure
• prītim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• āgataḥ: having attained
• āgataḥ: Karta (Predicate participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having attained/come)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• paśyan: seeing
• paśyan: Karta (Concurrent action/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paś (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (Present Active Participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• su-mahā-liṅgam: the very great liṅga
• su-mahā-liṅgam: Karma (Object of paśyan/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (su-mahat liṅgam)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• atṛpyata: was satisfied
• atṛpyata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṛp (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• janeśvaraḥ: the lord of men (king)
• janeśvaraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (janānām īśvaraḥ)

Speaker

Nārada (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāla (Mahākāleśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king stands before the immense liṅga of Mahākāla, eyes fixed, overwhelmed with joy, unable to turn away.

Characters & Entities

• Mahākāla
• Karaṁdhama (implied king)
• Mahā-Liṅga
• Darśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True darśana of Śiva awakens insatiable devotion—spiritual joy deepens rather than ends with a single sight.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahākāla’s sacred Liṅga-site, celebrated for the overwhelming bliss of darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is stated; the emphasis is on darśana as a powerful spiritual act.