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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 178

Devanagari script

यवजं देवलो लिंगं पतिमित्येव नाम च । वल्मीकजं च वाल्मीकिश्चिरवासीति नाम च

Transliteration

yavajaṃ devalo liṃgaṃ patimityeva nāma ca | valmīkajaṃ ca vālmīkiściravāsīti nāma ca

Translation

Devala estabeleceu um Liṅga feito de cevada; chama-se Pati, “o Senhor”. Vālmīki estabeleceu um Liṅga formado de um formigueiro; é chamado Ciravāsī, “o Sempre Residente”.

Word by Word
यवजम्made of barley / barley-born
यवजम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootयवज (प्रातिपदिक; यव+ज)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, accusative singular; adjective)
देवलःDevala (name of a sage/person)
देवलः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)
लिङ्गम्liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
लिङ्गम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)
पतिम्lord; master
पतिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular)
इतिthus; as
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
एवindeed; only
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
नामby name; called
नाम:
Sambandha (Appellation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formनाम-शब्दः, नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (indeclinable indicating appellation)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
वल्मीकजम्born from an anthill / anthill-produced
वल्मीकजम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootवल्मीकज (प्रातिपदिक; वल्मीक+ज)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, accusative singular; adjective)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
वाल्मीकिःVālmīki (name)
वाल्मीकिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवाल्मीकि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)
चिरवासीlong-dweller; one who lives long (as a name)
चिरवासी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचिरवासी (प्रातिपदिक; चिर+वासी)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपाधि/नाम (masculine, nominative singular; epithet)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
नामby name
नाम:
Sambandha (Appellation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formनामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (appellative indeclinable)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two sages in a forested hermitage: Devala shaping a small barley liṅga on a clean altar; Vālmīki near an anthill, reverently forming/adorning an earthen liṅga, with Śiva’s subtle presence implied by aura and bilva leaves.

Characters & Entities
D
Devala
P
Pati
V
Vālmīki
V
Valmīka (anthill)
C
Ciravāsī
Ś
Śiva (implied by liṅga)

FAQs

Śiva’s presence is ‘ever-abiding’—discoverable even in humble earth like an anthill and worshipable through the simplest grains.

No explicit tirtha is mentioned; the verse highlights sages and their consecrations rather than a pilgrimage locale.

Constructing a Liṅga from barley or earth (anthill) is implied; no further ritual details are given.

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