Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 168

Devanagari script

विश्वकर्मा च प्रासादलिंगं याम्येति नाम च । विभीषणश्च पांसूत्थं सुहृत्तमेति नाम च । वंशांकुरोत्थं सगरो नाम संगतमेव च

Transliteration

viśvakarmā ca prāsādaliṃgaṃ yāmyeti nāma ca | vibhīṣaṇaśca pāṃsūtthaṃ suhṛttameti nāma ca | vaṃśāṃkurotthaṃ sagaro nāma saṃgatameva ca

Translation

Вишвакарма создал Лингам, подобный дворцу, и назвал его «Ямья». Вибхишана создал Лингам, рождённый из пыли, и назвал его «Сухриттама» — Лучший из друзей. Сагара создал Лингам, возникший из ростка бамбука, и имя ему было «Сангата» — Прочно соединённый.

Word by Word

• viśvakarmā: Viśvakarmā
• viśvakarmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvakarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• prāsāda-liṅgam: the temple-liṅga
• prāsāda-liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (prāsādasya liṅgam)

• yāmya-iti: “Yāmya” (thus)
• yāmya-iti: Viśeṣaṇa (Name/संज्ञा-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāmya (प्रातिपदिक) + iti (अव्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; इति-शब्देन नामनिर्देश (quotative)

• nāma: name
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; नामशब्दः (as ‘named’)

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

• vibhīṣaṇaḥ: Vibhīṣaṇa
• vibhīṣaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• pāṃsūttham: (liṅga) arisen from dust
• pāṃsūttham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāṃsu (प्रातिपदिक) + uttha (कृदन्त; √sthā/स्था? here uttha from √sthā/ut+√sthā in sense ‘arisen’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (pāṃsoḥ uttham = arisen from dust)

• suhṛttama-iti: “Suhṛttama” (thus)
• suhṛttama-iti: Viśeṣaṇa (Name/संज्ञा-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-hṛt (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (प्रत्यय) + iti (अव्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/विशेषण-प्रधान (best friend) + इति नामनिर्देश

• nāma: name
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; नामशब्दः

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

• vaṃśāṃkurottham: arisen from a bamboo-shoot
• vaṃśāṃkurottham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃkura (प्रातिपदिक) + uttha (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (vaṃśāṃkurasya uttham = arisen from a bamboo-shoot/lineage-sprout)

• sagaraḥ: Sagara
• sagaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sagara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• nāma: name
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; नामशब्दः

• saṃgatam: joined/assembled
• saṃgatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-gata (कृदन्त; √gam/गम्, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय (joined/assembled)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred grove/precinct with several small shrines: Viśvakarmā erects a palace-like liṅga; Vibhīṣaṇa offers a dust-born liṅga; Sagara installs a bamboo-sprout liṅga—each with an inscribed name-plaque.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Sagara
• Yāmya
• Suhṛttama
• Saṅgata
• Śiva (Liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s presence is invoked through all kinds of consecrated forms—from grand architecture to the humblest dust—when intention is pure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular tīrtha is not specified in this verse; it continues a devotional enumeration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it records distinct liṅga types and their names.