Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सर्वलिंगोद्भवं चैव फलं दर्शनसंभवम् । जायते नात्र संदेह इत्युवाच हरः स्वयम्

Transliteration

sarvaliṃgodbhavaṃ caiva phalaṃ darśanasaṃbhavam | jāyate nātra saṃdeha ityuvāca haraḥ svayam

Translation

ผลบุญที่เกิดจากการได้ทัศนะ (ดรศนะ) นั้นแท้จริงคือผลที่บังเกิดจากลึงค์ทั้งปวง ในข้อนี้ไม่มีความสงสัย—พระหระ (พระศิวะ) ตรัสด้วยพระองค์เอง

Word by Word

• सर्वलिंगोद्भवम्: arising from all liṅgas
• सर्वलिंगोद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: सर्वेषां लिङ्गानाम् उद्भवः (arising from all liṅgas)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coordination conjunction)

• एव: indeed; certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण/particle of emphasis)

• फलम्: the fruit; result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दर्शनसंभवम्: arising from (mere) दर्शन; from seeing
• दर्शनसंभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: दर्शनात् सम्भवम्/दर्शनस्य सम्भवः (arising from seeing)

• जायते: is produced; arises
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• अत्र: here; in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक/adverb of place)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative particle)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Emphatic to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्वतन्त्र/indeclinable emphatic ‘oneself’)

Speaker

Sūta (quoting Śiva/Hara)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya assembly, typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Hara) proclaiming a phala-śruti to assembled sages: the merit of darśana equaling the fruit of all Liṅgas; a central Liṅga radiates light, suggesting Śiva’s presence in every Liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Darśana (sacred viewing)
• Sarva-liṅga-phala (merit of all liṅgas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred darśana, when connected to a true tīrtha and Śiva’s presence, is itself transformative and grants comprehensive merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha of Adhyāya 266 centered on Maṃkaṇeśvara and related liṅgas, where darśana is said to yield ‘all-liṅga’ fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The emphasis is on darśana (reverent viewing/encounter) of the liṅga(s); the broader vrata context is Śivarātri.