Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

त्वत्प्रसादान्महादेव मा मे लिङ्गं प्रणश्यतु । अर्चितं मे सुरश्रेष्ठ ध्यातं भक्त्या मया विभो

Transliteration

tvatprasādānmahādeva mā me liṅgaṃ praṇaśyatu | arcitaṃ me suraśreṣṭha dhyātaṃ bhaktyā mayā vibho

Translation

ด้วยพระกรุณาของพระองค์ ข้าแต่พระมหาเทวะ ขออย่าให้ลึงค์ของข้าพเจ้าพินาศเลย ข้าแต่ผู้ประเสริฐเหนือเทพทั้งปวง ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า—สิ่งนี้ข้าพเจ้าได้บูชาและเพ่งภาวนาด้วยภักดี โอ้พระวิภุ

Word by Word

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (Genitive sense), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• प्रसादात्: from (your) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: महा + देव (कर्मधारय)

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (prohibitive particle), लोट्/विधिलिङ्-प्रयोगेषु

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र कर्तृपदं (प्रणश्यतु इति)

• प्रणश्यतु: perish
• प्रणश्यतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदी; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; निषेधेन (मा) सह

• अर्चितम्: worshipped
• अर्चितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्चित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √अर्च् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; लिङ्गम् इति विशेषण

• मे: by me
• मे: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental) वा षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; अत्र कर्तृवाचक-तृतीया (by me) अधिकयुक्ता

• सुरश्रेष्ठ: O best of the gods
• सुरश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: सुराणां श्रेष्ठः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ध्यातम्: meditated upon
• ध्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ध्यै धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; लिङ्गम् इति विशेषण

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• विभो: O Lord
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified penitent addressing Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha liṅga-sthānas (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee pleads before Śiva, gesturing toward a consecrated liṅga—garlanded, wet with abhiṣeka—asking that it not be destroyed; the scene emphasizes the sanctity of the worshipped emblem and the devotee’s long practice of meditation.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Śiva-liṅga
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion seeks not entitlement but grace; the liṅga symbolizes steadfast faith even amid consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; within Revā Khaṇḍa the emphasis is on Śaiva worship as the heart of pilgrimage merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcanā (worship) and dhyāna (meditation) of Śiva are explicitly referenced; the prayer asks for the liṅga’s preservation through divine grace.