Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अणोरणीयांस्त्वं देव तथा त्वं महतो महान् । तस्मात्त्वया विधातव्यं सर्वैषां लिंगपूजनम्

Transliteration

aṇoraṇīyāṃstvaṃ deva tathā tvaṃ mahato mahān | tasmāttvayā vidhātavyaṃ sarvaiṣāṃ liṃgapūjanam

Translation

अणोरणीयान् त्वं देव, महतो महान् च; तस्मात् त्वया सर्वेषां लिङ्गपूजनं विधातव्यम्।

Word by Word

• अणोः: than an atom
• अणोः: Sambandha (Comparison base/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तुलनार्थे (genitive of comparison)

• अणीयान्: smaller
• अणीयान्: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अणीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• महतः: than the great
• महतः: Sambandha (Comparison base/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तुलनार्थे (genitive of comparison)

• महान्: greater
• महान्: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: तद्)
• Form: हेतौ/तस्मात्-प्रयोगः (ablatival adverb: "therefore/from that")

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• विधातव्यम्: must be arranged/done
• विधातव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/future passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेयार्थ ("to be done")

• सर्वैषाम्: of all
• सर्वैषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• लिङ्गपूजनम्: worship of the Liṅga
• लिङ्गपूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्गपूजन (प्रातिपदिक: लिङ्ग + पूजन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Devas and Ṛṣis (collective praise) (deduced from preceding verse of stuti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teaching moment: devas/ṛṣis address Śiva as the paradoxical Absolute; the liṅga appears as a boundless pillar of light yet also as a small, worshipable emblem on a pedestal.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (addressed deity, Śiva as Mahāliṅga)
• Liṅga-pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Because the divine transcends all measures—smallest and greatest—Liṅga-worship is upheld as a universal path of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedarnath, where the Mahāliṅga’s transcendence is proclaimed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjanam is explicitly prescribed as a practice to be established for everyone.