Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

उपसंहृत्य तेजः स्वमरुणाचलसंज्ञया । भव स्थावरलिंगं त्वं लोकानुग्रहकारणात्

Transliteration

upasaṃhṛtya tejaḥ svamaruṇācalasaṃjñayā | bhava sthāvaraliṃgaṃ tvaṃ lokānugrahakāraṇāt

Translation

ฉะนั้นขอพระองค์ทรงรวบรวมรัศมีของพระองค์ไว้ และทรงดำรงพระนามว่า ‘อรุณาจล’ เป็นลึงค์อันมั่นคง เพื่อเกื้อกูลโปรดปรานแก่โลกทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• उपसंहृत्य: having withdrawn
• उपसंहृत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप-सम्-हृ (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययीभाव/क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having withdrawn/collected’

• तेजः: radiance
• तेजः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• स्वम्: one’s own
• स्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies तेजः)

• अरुणाचल: Aruṇācala
• अरुणाचल: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुण + अचल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: कर्मधारयः ‘अरुणः अचलः’ (the reddish mountain) (समासपूर्वपद)

• संज्ञया: by the name/designation
• संज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भावे ‘by the name/under the designation’

• भव: become
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्थावरलिङ्गम्: a fixed (immobile) emblem/form
• स्थावरलिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विशेष्य-विशेषणभावः) ‘स्थावरस्य लिङ्गम्/स्थावरं लिङ्गम्’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• लोक: worlds/people
• लोक: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे पूर्वपद (in compound)

• अनुग्रह: grace, favor
• अनुग्रह: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे पूर्वपद (in compound)

• कारणात्: because of, for the sake of
• कारणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान/हेतु (ablative of cause)

Speaker

One of the two petitioners/devotees (requesting Śiva to become Aruṇācala-sthāvara-liṅga; exact identity not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages and devas petition Śiva; the blazing radiance contracts and condenses into the form of Arunachala—an immovable liṅga/hill—radiant yet bearable, blessing the worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Aruṇācala
• Liṅga
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme accepts a stable, accessible form for the welfare of devotees—transcendence becomes immanent through compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala (Tiruvaṇṇāmalai), revered as the Lord’s sthāvara-liṅga form in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies liṅga-upāsanā at Aruṇācala (worship of the fixed Liṅga), though no specific rite (snāna/dāna/japa) is detailed here.