Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 177

Devanagari script

अप्यन्नजं च मनवो गिरिशेति च नाम च । अगस्त्यो व्रीहिजं वापि सुशांतमिति नाम च

Transliteration

apyannajaṃ ca manavo giriśeti ca nāma ca | agastyo vrīhijaṃ vāpi suśāṃtamiti nāma ca

Translation

منوؤں نے اناج سے بنا ہوا مقدّس لِنگ قائم کیا؛ اس کا نام ‘گِریش’ یعنی ‘پہاڑ کا مالک’ ہے۔ اگستیہ نے بھی چاول سے بنا لِنگ نصب کیا؛ اسے ‘سُشانت’ یعنی ‘کامل طور پر پُرسکون’ کہا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• अपि: also
• अपि: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चय-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• अन्नजम्: born of food; made from grain/food
• अन्नजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण — ‘अन्नात् जातम्’

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मनवः: the Manus
• मनवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• गिरिशा: (named) Giriśa (Lord of the mountain)
• गिरिशा: Predicate/Name (Saṃjñā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नामरूपेण (Śiva epithet)

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (particle indicating naming)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अगस्त्यः: Agastya
• अगस्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ऋषिनाम (proper noun)

• व्रीहिजम्: made from rice
• व्रीहिजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रीहि (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण — ‘व्रीहेः जातम्’

• वा: or
• वा: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चय-अव्यय (particle: also)

• सुशान्तम्: (named) Suśānta
• सुशान्तम्: Predicate/Name (Saṃjñā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + शान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नामरूपेण

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (particle indicating naming)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Manus, dignified progenitors, offer a liṅga formed of grains, labeled Giriśa; sage Agastya, calm and compact, offers a rice-made liṅga named Suśānta, with bowls of rice, barley, and flowers around a simple altar.

Characters & Entities

• Manus
• Giriśa
• Agastya
• Vrīhi (rice)
• Suśānta
• Śiva (implied by liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple, perishable offerings like grain can become vehicles of great merit when consecrated to Śiva with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named in this verse, though Agastya’s presence echoes pan-Indian sacred geography associated with his travels.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse indicates constructing a Liṅga from grain (anna/vrīhi) and honoring it by its sacred name.