Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यदि भद्र न चेत्कोपं करोषि मयि साम्प्रतम् । बलाभिर्भर मे लिङ्गं ददामि बहु ते धनम्

Transliteration

yadi bhadra na cetkopaṃ karoṣi mayi sāmpratam | balābhirbhara me liṅgaṃ dadāmi bahu te dhanam

Translation

اے نیک مرد، اگر اس وقت مجھ پر غضب نہ کرو تو اپنی قوت سے میرا لِنگ اٹھا کر لے چلو؛ میں تمہیں بہت سا مال و دولت دوں گا۔

Word by Word

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, शर्तबोधक (conditional particle: if)

• bhadra: O good sir
• bhadra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• cet: if
• cet: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विकल्प/शर्तबोधक (particle: if/otherwise)

• kopaṃ: anger
• kopaṃ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• karoṣi: you do/make
• karoṣi: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• mayi: toward/against me
• mayi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Target locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• sāmpratam: now
• sāmpratam: Kālādhi karaṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāmprata (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: now/at present)

• balābhiḥ: with cranes (balā-birds)
• balābhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: balā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• bhara: fill/bear
• bhara: Kriyā (क्रिया/Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhṛ (भृ धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• liṅgaṃ: liṅga (phallus/emblem)
• liṅgaṃ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• bahu: much
• bahu: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier) धनम्-शब्दस्य

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• dhanam: wealth
• dhanam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Hara (Śiva) (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks gently yet pointedly, requesting the man to carry His liṅga, offering abundant wealth—an overt temptation framed as a moral test.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sevā to the Lord’s symbol (liṅga) sanctifies ordinary effort; humble assistance can become a channel of both worldly and spiritual reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Kantheśvara-centered māhātmya stream in Revā Khaṇḍa; the precise site is the Śiva-sthāna that the narrative is establishing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An act of service is prescribed: to carry/bear the liṅga (liṅga-bhāraṇa) as requested by Hara.