Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

अत्र सौवर्ण्यदोलायां लिंग आरोपिते जनैः । निशायामधिरूह्याऽहं दोलां तां च व्यचालयम्

Transliteration

atra sauvarṇyadolāyāṃ liṃga āropite janaiḥ | niśāyāmadhirūhyā'haṃ dolāṃ tāṃ ca vyacālayam

Translation

इथे लोकांनी सुवर्ण झुल्यावर शिवलिंग स्थापित केले असता, मी रात्री त्या झुल्यावर चढून तो झुला हलवू लागलो.

Word by Word

• atra: here
• atra: Deśādhikaraṇa (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• sauvarṇya-dolāyām: in the golden swing
• sauvarṇya-dolāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sauvarṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + dolā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—सौवर्ण्या (स्वर्णमयी) दोला

• liṅgam: the liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपे (object)

• āropite: having been placed
• āropite: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√ruh (धातु) / āropita (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) ‘when/after it was placed’

• janaiḥ: by people
• janaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• niśāyām: at night
• niśāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• adhirūhya: having mounted
• adhirūhya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi√ruh (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (gerund); ‘having climbed/mounted’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dolām: the swing
• dolām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dolā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tām: that
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• vyacālayam: I swung/moved
• vyacālayam: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√cal (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (भूतकाल/Imperfect), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage ‘I made (it) move’

Speaker

Gṛdhra (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jagadyogeśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indradyumna

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At night in a Śiva temple festival, the liṅga rests on a golden swing; a monkey climbs onto the swing and sets it gently swaying, lamps flickering in the dark shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva Liṅga
• Jagadyogeśvara (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even unintended participation around Śiva’s worship can become a karmic cause for future uplift when connected to a sacred rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śiva shrine previously identified as Jagadyogeśvara, where the Liṅga is honored with a swing-rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A festival practice of placing the Śiva-liṅga on a swing (dolā/āndolana) and ceremonially swaying it.