Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

मङ्गलोऽपि महात्मा वै स्थापयित्वा महेश्वरम् । आत्मयोगबलेनैव शूलिनापूजयत्ततः

Transliteration

maṅgalo'pi mahātmā vai sthāpayitvā maheśvaram | ātmayogabalenaiva śūlināpūjayattataḥ

Translation

มังคละ มหาบุรุษนั้น ได้สถาปนาพระมหेशวรไว้ ณ ที่นั้นแล้ว จึงบูชาพระผู้ทรงตรีศูลด้วยพลังแห่งอาตมโยคะของตนเอง

Word by Word

• मङ्गलः: Maṅgala (Mars)
• मङ्गलः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘also/even’

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• स्थापयित्वा: having स्थापित/installed
• स्थापयित्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् causative; त्वा-प्रत्यय (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having caused to be established’

• महेश्वरम्: Mahēśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• आत्मयोगबलेन: by the power of self-yoga
• आत्मयोगबलेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् + योग + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समासः—आत्मयोगस्य बलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (restrictive particle)

• शूलिना: by/with the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूलिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपूजयत्: worshipped
• अपूजयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māṅgaleśvara-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan) / Pāṇḍunandana addressed in surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maṅgala, radiant and austere, installs a Śiva-liṅga on the Revā riverbank and performs worship to the trident-bearing Lord, with yogic fire-like aura and calm concentration.

Characters & Entities

• Maṅgala
• Maheśvara
• Śūlin (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined with disciplined inner power (yoga-bala) is praised as a potent form of Śiva-worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The site of the Maheśvara-liṅga established by Maṅgala—later known as Māṅgaleśvara—within Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga establishment (pratiṣṭhā) followed by pūjā of Śiva (Śūlin).