Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

लिंगरूपेण तद्ग्रस्तं विमलं चाकरोत्तदा । सदेवासुरमर्त्याश्च सर्वाणि त्रिजगन्ति च । तत्क्षणाद्रक्षितान्येव कृपया परया युतः

Transliteration

liṃgarūpeṇa tadgrastaṃ vimalaṃ cākarottadā | sadevāsuramartyāśca sarvāṇi trijaganti ca | tatkṣaṇādrakṣitānyeva kṛpayā parayā yutaḥ

Translation

भगवानांनी लिंगरूप धारण करून ते (विष) गिळले व त्यास निर्मळ केले. तत्क्षणी देव-असुर-मनुष्यांसह त्रैलोक्य त्यांच्या परम करुणेने रक्षित झाले.

Word by Word

• liṅgarūpeṇa: by the form of the liṅga
• liṅgarūpeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्; ‘liṅgasya rūpam’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; Instrumental singular (by/with the form of the liṅga)

• tadgrastam: that which was seized/engulfed by it
• tadgrastam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + grasta (कृदन्त; √gras (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘tad-grasta’ = तेन ग्रस्तम्; past passive participle used adjectivally; Accusative singular neuter

• vimalam: pure, spotless
• vimalam: Karma (Object complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Accusative singular neuter

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• akarot: made, rendered
• akarot: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; ‘अकरोत्’ = made/did

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time)

• sa: with
• sa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-पूर्वपदवत् उपसर्गसदृश-प्रयोगः; ‘स-’ = सहित (with); here as compound prefix

• deva: gods
• deva: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• asura: asuras
• asura: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• martyāḥ: mortals
• martyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; (in context part of ‘sadevāsuramartyāḥ’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• sarvāṇi: all
• sarvāṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; Nominative plural neuter (all)

• trijaganti: the three worlds
• trijaganti: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘त्रीणि जगन्ति’ इति द्विगु-समासः; Nominative plural neuter

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• tatkṣaṇāt: from that instant
• tatkṣaṇāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘tasmin kṣaṇe’/‘tad-kṣaṇa’ इति तत्पुरुषः; Ablative singular (from that very moment)

• rakṣitāni: protected
• rakṣitāni: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rakṣita (कृदन्त; √rakṣ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; past passive participle used adjectivally; Nominative plural neuter

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• kṛpayā: by compassion
• kṛpayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Instrumental singular (by compassion)

• parayā: supreme, great
• parayā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; agrees with ‘kṛpayā’; Instrumental singular feminine

• yutaḥ: endowed (with)
• yutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuta (कृदन्त; √yuj (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; past passive participle ‘endowed/connected’; Nominative singular masculine (refers to the agent)

Speaker

Lomaśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) sages/devotees in the frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva manifests as a radiant liṅga and draws the Kālakūṭa poison into himself, transmuting it into purity; the three worlds—devas, asuras, and humans—are shown regaining safety under his compassionate aura.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Kālakūṭa (implied)
• Deva
• Asura
• Martya
• Tri-loka
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s Liṅga-form signifies immediate refuge and purification: divine compassion can transmute even world-destroying poison into purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kedārakhaṇḍa, the Liṅga motif supports the sanctity of Kedāra as a powerful Śiva-sthāna centered on Liṅga worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated, but Liṅga-rūpa emphasis supports Liṅga-pūjā as the implied devotional practice.