Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 144

Devanagari script

स्थापयेर्लिगमीशस्य मोक्षो हत्याशतैरपि । आविवेश महाक्रोधं दिधक्षुरिव मेदिनीम्

Transliteration

sthāpayerligamīśasya mokṣo hatyāśatairapi | āviveśa mahākrodhaṃ didhakṣuriva medinīm

Translation

Hãy thiết lập liṅga của Đấng Īśa; dù mang trăm tội sát hại, vẫn có thể đạt giải thoát. Nhưng cơn đại nộ đã xâm nhập vào ông, như thể muốn thiêu rụi cả mặt đất.

Word by Word

• स्थापयेः: you should establish
• स्थापयेः: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; causative sense ‘cause to be set/establish’

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

• ईशस्य: of the Lord (Śiva)
• ईशस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karta (Subject of implied ‘is/occurs’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हत्याशतैः: by hundreds of killings (sins)
• हत्याशतैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘hundreds of killings’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (शत-प्राधान्य), तृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental), बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारार्थक अव्यय (even/also)

• आविवेश: entered, seized
• आविवेश: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्ग: आ-

• महाक्रोधम्: great wrath
• महाक्रोधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘great’ + ‘anger’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दिधक्षुः: wishing to burn
• दिधक्षुः: Karta (Agent; compared)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: इच्छार्थक कृदन्त (सन्-प्रत्यय; desiderative) ‘to wish to burn’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इव: as if, like
• इव: Sambandha (Simile marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमार्थक अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• मेदिनीम्: the earth
• मेदिनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa frame; likely Sūta reporting the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Īśvara-liṅga (generic; implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga is being established—stone pedestal, ritual vessels, bilva leaves, sacred ash. A divine/heroic figure is simultaneously shown with blazing wrath, as if the earth might burn—two energies: devotion and fury.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• Mokṣa
• Medinī (Earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaiva devotion expressed through liṅga-pratiṣṭhā is portrayed as a powerful purifier, capable of leading toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific place-name is given in this verse; the merit centers on the act of installing Śiva’s liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sthāpana (installation/establishment of Śiva-liṅga) is indicated as an expiatory act connected with mokṣa.