Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

यतः क्षोभादृषीणां च तदेवं लिङ्गमुत्तमम् । पतितं ते महादेव न तत्पूज्यं भविष्यति

Transliteration

yataḥ kṣobhādṛṣīṇāṃ ca tadevaṃ liṅgamuttamam | patitaṃ te mahādeva na tatpūjyaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

رِشیوں کے اضطراب کے سبب یہ اعلیٰ لِنگ اس طرح گر پڑا ہے، اے مہادیو۔ اس لیے گِری ہوئی حالت میں یہ اب قابلِ پوجا نہیں رہے گا۔

Word by Word

• yataḥ: because; from which
• yataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/हेतु-अर्थे), ‘यतः’ = ‘because/from which’

• kṣobhāt: from agitation/disturbance
• kṣobhāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣobha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• ṛṣīṇām: of the sages
• ṛṣīṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• tat: that (thing)
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• evam: thus; in this way
• evam: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारार्थक (adverb of manner)

• liṅgam: the liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent; supreme
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘liṅgam’)

• patitam: fallen
• patitam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: patita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pat (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• te: of you; your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic)

• mahādeva: O Mahādeva
• mahādeva: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; महा + देव

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• tatpūjyam: worthy of worship (that one)
• tatpūjyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + pūjya (प्रातिपदिक; √pūj (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्-तत्पुरुषः (‘that’ + ‘worthy of worship’)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sages (collective ṛṣis addressing Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (general)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred liṅga lies fallen or displaced near a riverbank; agitated sages stand around, their faces stern yet compassionate, addressing Mahādeva about the disrupted worship-worthiness.

Characters & Entities

• Sages (Ṛṣis)
• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred worship requires proper condition and dharmic order; disrespect or disturbance can render an object unfit until restored by right means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is doctrinal within the Revā-khaṇḍa frame; it does not single out a named tīrtha but supports Śaiva sacred geography generally.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implicit rule is stated: a fallen liṅga is not to be worshiped as-is; restoration/reconsecration is implied though not detailed here.