Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

अर्चनात्सिद्धलिङ्गस्य ध्यानयोगप्रभावतः । प्रत्यक्षः शङ्करो जातः कृष्णद्वैपायनस्य सः

Transliteration

arcanātsiddhaliṅgasya dhyānayogaprabhāvataḥ | pratyakṣaḥ śaṅkaro jātaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasya saḥ

Translation

ด้วยการบูชาศิทธลึงค์นั้น และด้วยอานุภาพแห่งโยคะสมาธิ พระศังกระได้ปรากฏต่อหน้ากฤษณทไวปายนะอย่างประจักษ์

Word by Word

• अर्चनात्: from worship; by worship
• अर्चनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे प्रयोगः

• सिद्ध-लिङ्गस्य: of the perfected liṅga
• सिद्ध-लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सिद्धं लिङ्गम्)

• ध्यान-योग-प्रभावतः: due to the power of meditative yoga
• ध्यान-योग-प्रभावतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ध्यानयोगस्य प्रभावः) हेतौ प्रयोगः

• प्रत्यक्षः: manifest, visible
• प्रत्यक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जातः: appeared; was born
• जातः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकालिक कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अभवत्/समभवत्’ अर्थे

• कृष्ण-द्वैपायनस्य: of Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• कृष्ण-द्वैपायनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वैपायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (कृष्णः द्वैपायनः)

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara/Siddha-liṅga (Narmadā-tīra context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa worships the liṅga; from the liṅga’s radiance Śaṅkara emerges, visible and near, blessing the sage—an epiphany at a riverside shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Siddha Liṅga (Siddheśvara)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady liṅga-arcana joined with dhyāna-yoga leads to pratyakṣa-darśana—direct experience of Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Siddha Liṅga/Siddheśvara associated with the Revā (Narmadā) setting is glorified as a place/presence granting Śiva’s direct manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (formal worship) of the Siddha Liṅga, supported by dhyāna-yoga (meditative discipline).