Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

स रुद्रपदमाप्नोति रुद्रस्यानुचरो भवेत् । दधि भक्ते न देवस्य यः कुर्याल्लिङ्गपूरणम्

Transliteration

sa rudrapadamāpnoti rudrasyānucaro bhavet | dadhi bhakte na devasya yaḥ kuryālliṅgapūraṇam

Translation

ผู้นั้นย่อมบรรลุถึงฐานะของรุทระ และเป็นบริวารของรุทระ และผู้ใดด้วยภักติเติมเต็ม (เจิม/บูชา) ลึงคะของพระเป็นเจ้าด้วยนมเปรี้ยว—

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• रुद्रपदम्: Rudra’s state/abode
• रुद्रपदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य पदम्)

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra
• रुद्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• अनुचरः: attendant/follower
• अनुचरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दधि: curd
• दधि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• भक्ते: in/for a devotee
• भक्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• लिङ्गपूरणम्: filling/adorning the liṅga
• लिङ्गपूरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + पूरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लिङ्गस्य पूरणम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee reverently anoints a black stone liṅga with white curd; bilva leaves and rudrākṣa garlands surround the sanctum; lamps flicker as priests chant Rudra-mantras.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Liṅga
• Saṅgameśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere devotional service to Śiva’s liṅga is presented as a path to Rudra’s proximity and divine status.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context continues the Saṅgameśvara confluence shrine within Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering curd (dadhi) as part of liṅga-sevā/abhiṣeka—described as ‘liṅga-pūraṇa’.