Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

न च मे पूरितं लिङ्गं यास्यामि यदि मन्यसे । ददामि तत्र वित्तं ते यदि लिङ्गं प्रपूरितम्

Transliteration

na ca me pūritaṃ liṅgaṃ yāsyāmi yadi manyase | dadāmi tatra vittaṃ te yadi liṅgaṃ prapūritam

Translation

หากเจ้าคิดว่าเราจะไม่จากไปจนกว่าลึงคะจะถูกเติมให้เต็มบริบูรณ์ ครั้นเมื่อลึงคะเต็มแล้ว เราจักประทานทรัพย์แก่เจ้า ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; enclitic form ‘मे’

• pūritam: filled, completed
• pūritam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūr (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पूरितम्’ = filled/completed

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• yāsyāmi: I will go
• yāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• manyase: you think
• manyase: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• vittam: wealth, money
• vittam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vitta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन; enclitic form ‘ते’

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• prapūritam: fully filled, completely completed
• prapūritam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + pūr (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गपूर्वक भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘प्रपूरितम्’ = fully filled

Speaker

Parameśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devamārga-liṅga (contextual; named explicitly in v.214.15)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (addressed as ‘rājendra’) and/or Bhārata/Pārtha as conventional vocatives in the passage

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A merchant (or his household) stands before a newly formed liṅga on the riverbank; the speaker declares he will not depart until the liṅga is ‘filled’, promising wealth once the rite reaches completion.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara (Śiva)
• liṅga
• vaṇik (merchant)
• vitta (wealth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine promises expose inner motives; devotion should not be transactional, even when the Lord accommodates human weakness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devamārga, where the liṅga associated with Balākeśvara becomes a focus of faith and proof.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; it references ‘completing/filling’ the liṅga as a condition tied to receiving wealth.