Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

दर्शनात्स्पर्शनाद्ध्यानादर्चनात्सर्वसिद्धिदम् । लिंगात्पूर्वेण मार्गोयं याति श्रीपर्वतं भुवि

Transliteration

darśanātsparśanāddhyānādarcanātsarvasiddhidam | liṃgātpūrveṇa mārgoyaṃ yāti śrīparvataṃ bhuvi

Translation

ด้วยการได้เห็น ได้สัมผัส ได้เพ่งภาวนา และได้บูชา ลึงค์นี้ประทานสิทธิทั้งปวง จากลึงค์นี้ เส้นทางด้านบูรพาย่อมนำไปสู่ศรีปर्वตะบนแผ่นดิน

Word by Word

• दर्शनात्: from seeing/by the sight
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (हेतु/अपादानार्थ), एकवचन

• स्पर्शनात्: from touching
• स्पर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (हेतु), एकवचन

• ध्यानात्: from meditation
• ध्यानात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (हेतु), एकवचन

• अर्चनात्: from worship
• अर्चनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (हेतु), एकवचन

• सर्वसिद्धिदम्: giver of all attainments
• सर्वसिद्धिदम्: Karta (Predicate qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्तार्थ ‘giver’)
• Form: समास: सर्वासां सिद्धीनां दम्/दायकम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (लिङ्गस्य विशेषणम्)

• लिङ्गात्: from the liṅga
• लिङ्गात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन

• पूर्वेण: by the eastern (way)
• पूर्वेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; दिशावाचक-विशेषण (by the eastern side/route)

• मार्गः: the path
• मार्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (मार्गः इति विशेषणम्)

• याति: goes/leads
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• श्रीपर्वतम्: Śrīparvata (the sacred mountain)
• श्रीपर्वतम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: श्रीमान् पर्वतः/श्री-नामकः पर्वतः (कर्मधारय); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The hero/inquirer (vīra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The liṅga shines at the center; devotees perform four acts—gazing, touching, meditating seated, and offering worship—while a clearly marked eastern road leads toward a distant sacred mountain labeled Śrīparvata.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Śrīparvata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fourfold devotion—seeing, touching, meditating, and worshipping—makes a tīrtha spiritually transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga-site itself is praised as sarvasiddhidam, and the connected pilgrimage geography points eastward to Śrīparvata.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana, sparśana, dhyāna, and arcana of the liṅga as means to spiritual attainment.