Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्य कूले महल्लिंगं स्थापयामास लक्ष्मणः । तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा सेवते लक्ष्मणेश्वरम्

Transliteration

tasya kūle mahalliṃgaṃ sthāpayāmāsa lakṣmaṇaḥ | tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā sevate lakṣmaṇeśvaram

Translation

Di tebingnya, Lakṣmaṇa telah mendirikan sebuah Liṅga yang agung. Sesiapa yang mandi suci di tīrtha itu lalu bersembah-bhakti kepada Lakṣmaṇeśvara—

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that (tīrtha)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• कूले: on the bank
• कूले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma-visheshana (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम्)

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

• स्थापयामास: caused to be established/installed
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) [णिच्]
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative)

• लक्ष्मणः: Lakṣmaṇa
• लक्ष्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive), अव्ययभावः

• सेवते: worships/serves
• सेवते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• लक्ष्मणेश्वरम्: Lakṣmaṇeśvara (Lord Śiva so named)
• लक्ष्मणेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—लक्ष्मणस्य ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha; Lakṣmaṇeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lakṣmaṇa, bow at his side, installs a towering liṅga on the tīrtha bank; later pilgrims bathe and then offer abhiṣeka to Lakṣmaṇeśvara, with lamps, bilva leaves, and priests chanting.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa
• Liṅga
• Lakṣmaṇeśvara
• Lakṣmaṇatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snāna is completed by devotion to Śiva: purification culminates in worship, linking sacred place, sacred act, and sacred deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakṣmaṇatīrtha and the shrine of Lakṣmaṇeśvara on its bank.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at the tīrtha (snāna) and worship/serve Lakṣmaṇeśvara (pūjā/sevā).