Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

लीना गुणाश्च रुद्रोक्त्या यैरिदं बद्धमेव च । चराचरं महाभाग तस्माल्लिंगं प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

līnā guṇāśca rudroktyā yairidaṃ baddhameva ca | carācaraṃ mahābhāga tasmālliṃgaṃ prapūjayet

Translation

Tiga guṇa—menurut sabda Rudra—telah pun luluh, walaupun oleh merekalah dunia yang bergerak dan tidak bergerak ini terikat. Maka, wahai insan mulia, hendaklah engkau memuja Liṅga dengan penuh hormat dan bhakti.

Word by Word

• līnāḥ: merged; dissolved
• līnāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lī (ली) (धातु) + līna (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्रियापदवत् ('are merged')

• guṇāḥ: guṇas
• guṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• rudra-uktyā: by Rudra's utterance/statement
• rudra-uktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + ukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('रुद्रस्य उक्त्या')

• yaiḥ: by which (ones)
• yaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• baddham: bound
• baddham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bandh (बन्ध्) (धातु) + baddha (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• cara-acaram: the moving and unmoving (world)
• cara-acaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास ('चरं च अचरं च')

• mahā-bhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahā-bhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिलन्त (ablative adverb)

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prapūjayet: should worship
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√pūj (पूज्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Vyāsa (continuing Nandin’s doctrine)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahābhāga (noble seeker) addressed directly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A noble seeker is instructed by a sage: the world appears bound by guṇas like cords; before them stands the Liṅga, and the cords loosen as offerings are made—flowers, water, bilva leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Liṅga
• Guṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Since bondage arises through guṇas and their dissolution is in the Supreme, reverent Liṅga worship is presented as a liberating path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kedārakhaṇḍa, the instruction supports worship at Kedāra and other Śiva-kṣetras where the Liṅga is central.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prapūjā (earnest worship) of the Śiva Liṅga is prescribed.