Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रचन्द्राणामेतत्पूज्यं भविष्यति । यत्फलं तव लिङ्गस्य इह लोके परत्र च

Transliteration

brahmaviṣṇvindracandrāṇāmetatpūjyaṃ bhaviṣyati | yatphalaṃ tava liṅgasya iha loke paratra ca

Translation

Điều này sẽ đáng thờ phụng ngay cả đối với Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra và Candra; và quả phúc của việc thờ Liṅga của Ngài sẽ được thọ nhận cả ở đời này lẫn đời sau.

Word by Word

• brahmaviṣṇvindracandrāṇām: of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, and Candra
• brahmaviṣṇvindracandrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman + viṣṇu + indra + candra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (ब्रह्मा च विष्णुः च इन्द्रः च चन्द्रः च)

• etatpūjyam: this (will be) worship-worthy
• etatpūjyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat + pūjya (प्रातिपदिक; √pūj (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• yat: which
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (‘phalam’)

• phalam: fruit; result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• liṅgasya: of the liṅga
• liṅgasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/कालवाचक (here/in this world)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• paratra: hereafter; in the other world
• paratra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/कालवाचक (there; in the next world)

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

Speaker

Jagannātha (the Lord; contextually a divine figure addressed by Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra liṅga (unnamed here)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, and Candra appear in reverent posture before a radiant liṅga; the scene conveys cosmic endorsement and the promise of benefits across worlds, with a riverbank shrine as setting.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Indra
• Candra
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-liṅga devotion yields results spanning both worldly welfare and transcendent good; its sanctity is affirmed even by the highest deities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Śaiva sacred landscape; the immediate focus is the liṅga’s glory rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā is praised as a practice whose “phala” (spiritual fruit) applies both here and hereafter.