Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

लिंगोद्भवस्तथा देशः सहस्राणि दशैव च । भद्रश्च देवभद्रश्च प्रत्येकं दशकौ स्मृतौ

Transliteration

liṃgodbhavastathā deśaḥ sahasrāṇi daśaiva ca | bhadraśca devabhadraśca pratyekaṃ daśakau smṛtau

Translation

اسی طرح ‘لِنگودبھَو’ نامی دیس دس ہزار گاؤں پر مشتمل ہے۔ اور بھدر اور دیوبھدر—ان میں سے ہر ایک کو بھی دس ہزار (گاؤں والا) یاد کیا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• liṅgodbhavaḥ: Liṅgodbhava (name)
• liṅgodbhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (liṅgasya udbhavaḥ)

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक (and/also)

• deśaḥ: region/country
• deśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Visheshya (Quantified item/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; (ten)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• bhadraḥ: Bhadra (name)
• bhadraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• devabhadraḥ: Devabhadra (name)
• devabhadraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (devasya bhadraḥ / deva-bhadraḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• pratyekam: each
• pratyekam: Sambandha (Distributive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratyeka (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-नपुंसक)
• Form: अव्यय; वितरणार्थ (each, severally)

• daśakau: two groups of ten (tens)
• daśakau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• smṛtau: are stated/are remembered
• smṛtau: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) ‘स्मृत’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (are said/remembered)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅgodbhava (as deśa-name, not a single shrine here)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or narrator points to a stylized bhū-maṇḍala map, inscribing the names ‘Liṅgodbhava’, ‘Bhadra’, ‘Devabhadra’ with numerals indicating village-counts; attendants listen in a forest āśrama.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅgodbhava
• Liṅga
• Bhadra
• Devabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Shaiva place-names (like Liṅgodbhava) signal how devotion to Śiva permeates geography, turning regions into carriers of sacred meaning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is described; the verse lists deśas, including a Śaiva-named region, Liṅgodbhava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.