Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

कुम्भेश्वर इति ख्यातस्तदा देवगणार्चितः । रामोऽपि पूजयामास तल्लिङ्गं देवसेविवतम्

Transliteration

kumbheśvara iti khyātastadā devagaṇārcitaḥ | rāmo'pi pūjayāmāsa talliṅgaṃ devasevivatam

Translation

پھر وہ لِنگ ‘کُمبھیشور’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا، جس کی دیوگنوں نے ارچنا کی۔ اور رام نے بھی اس لِنگ کی پوجا کی جو ہمیشہ دیوتاؤں کی خدمت و نگہبانی میں رہتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• kumbha-īśvaraḥ: Kumbheśvara
• kumbha-īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumbha (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = 'कुम्भस्य ईश्वरः' (Lord of the pot)

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

• khyātaḥ: was known
• khyātaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khyā (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'renowned/called'

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• deva-gaṇa-arcitaḥ: worshipped by the hosts of gods
• deva-gaṇa-arcitaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + arcita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = 'देवगणैः अर्चितः' (worshipped by hosts of gods); विशेषणम् (कुम्भेश्वरस्य)

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Addition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/also) = particle

• pūjayāmāsa: worshipped
• pūjayāmāsa: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परिप्रयोगः 'आमास' सह (periphrastic perfect) = 'worshipped'

• tat-liṅgam: that liṅga
• tat-liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = 'तत् लिङ्गम्' (that liṅga)

• deva-sevitam: served by the gods
• deva-sevitam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + sevita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = 'देवैः सेवितम्' (served/attended by gods); विशेषणम् (लिङ्गस्य)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Revā Khaṇḍa narration, typically Skanda instructing a listener such as Agastya/Ṣaṇmukha contextually addressed later)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumbheśvara (liṅga) / Kumbheśvara-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The newly renowned Kumbheśvara-liṅga stands adorned; devas offer flowers and lamps while Rāma, bow in hand, performs pūjā with folded palms, surrounded by divine attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Kumbheśvara
• Devas
• Rāma
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Śiva at a sanctified Liṅga-site is affirmed as supremely meritorious, honored even by gods and exemplary kings like Rāma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kumbheśvara Liṅga-tīrtha associated with the Revā (Narmadā) region in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the Kumbheśvara Liṅga is highlighted.