Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तथेत्युक्त्वा महादेवः सुप्रसन्नो हरस्तदा । दर्शयामास तत्रैव लिंगं पापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

tathetyuktvā mahādevaḥ suprasanno harastadā | darśayāmāsa tatraiva liṃgaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

یہ کہہ کر کہ “ایسا ہی ہو”، مہادیو—ہَر—اس وقت نہایت خوش ہوئے اور وہیں ایک ایسا لِنگ ظاہر فرمایا جو گناہوں کا ناس کرنے والا تھا۔

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• इति: saying ‘…’
• इति: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund/absolutive)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; महा-देव इति कर्मधारयः

• सुप्रसन्नः: very pleased
• सुप्रसन्नः: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + prasanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सु-प्रसन्न इति उपपद-समास/कर्मधारयभावः

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• दर्शयामास: showed
• दर्शयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: darś (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) भावः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed / right there
• एव: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

• पाप-प्रणाशनम्: destroyer of sin
• पाप-प्रणाशनम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa + pra-nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पापस्य प्रणाशनम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indreśvara-liṅga (pāpa-praṇāśana)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, delighted, utters assent and a radiant liṅga appears on the spot; divine light spreads, sages and Indra witness the miracle.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mahādeva, Hara)
• Liṅga
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the Lord is pleased, sacred presence becomes tangible; divine compassion establishes enduring means for purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, where the sin-destroying liṅga is revealed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship of the manifested liṅga as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destruction).