Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

यदिदं च हुतं किंचिद्गुरवस्तोषिता यदि । तेन सत्येन देवस्य लिङ्गं पततु चोत्तमम्

Transliteration

yadidaṃ ca hutaṃ kiṃcidguravastoṣitā yadi | tena satyena devasya liṅgaṃ patatu cottamam

Translation

หากการบูชาด้วยไฟที่เราถวายมีจริง และหากครูบาอาจารย์ทั้งหลายพึงพอใจจริงไซร้ ด้วยสัจจะแห่งนั้น ขอให้ลึงคะอันประเสริฐของพระเป็นเจ้าจงตกลงมา

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; यत् इत्यस्य विशेषण (correlative emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• हुतम्: offered (in sacrifice)
• हुतम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (यद् इदम्) इत्यस्य विधेय

• किंचित्: something, a little
• किंचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अव्यक्त-परिमाण (some)

• गुरवः: the teachers/elders
• गुरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तोषिताः: were pleased/satisfied
• तोषिताः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तोषय् (धातु, णिजन्त from तुष्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (गुरवः) इत्यस्य विधेय

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त (conditional particle)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• सत्येन: by (this) truth
• सत्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; तेन इति सह (by this truth)

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

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पततु: may it fall
• पततु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्-सदृश), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• उत्तमम्: excellent, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्गम्)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (collective oath/utterance within narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅga-prādurbhāva tīrtha (within Revā-khaṇḍa episode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa) in the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of ascetics raise hands in oath; a ritual fire altar implied; the air trembles as an ‘uttama liṅga’ is invoked to fall/manifest; tension between devotion and wrath is visible.

Characters & Entities

• Gurus
• Liṅga
• Deva (Śiva implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Satya (truth) is portrayed as a potent spiritual force; vows and ethical integrity are shown to have tangible, even miraculous, consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse itself does not name the site; it forms part of the Revā Khaṇḍa milieu where Śaiva sacred geography is unfolded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reference is made to huta (fire-offering) and guru-toṣa (satisfying one’s teachers), implying the dharmic weight of yajña and reverence to gurus.