Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 188
Devanagari script
तार्क्ष्यं पृथुस्तथा लिंगं सहस्रचरणाभिधम् । पक्षिणो व्योमलिंगं च नाम सर्वात्मकेति च
Transliteration
tārkṣyaṃ pṛthustathā liṃgaṃ sahasracaraṇābhidham | pakṣiṇo vyomaliṃgaṃ ca nāma sarvātmaketi ca
Translation
塔尔克夏（迦楼罗）与普利图礼敬名为“萨哈斯拉查罗那”（千足者）的林伽。诸鸟礼敬如虚空之林伽，名为“萨尔瓦特曼”（一切之我）。
Word by Word
तार्क्ष्यम्Tārkṣya (Garuda)
तार्क्ष्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतार्क्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
पृथुःPṛthu
पृथुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/उपपद (also/likewise)
लिङ्गम्liṅga (emblem)
लिङ्गम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सहस्रचरणाभिधम्called ‘thousand-footed’
सहस्रचरणाभिधम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-चरण-अभिध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम् इति विशेष्यस्य)
पक्षिणःbirds
पक्षिणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
व्योमलिङ्गम्the ‘sky-liṅga’
व्योमलिङ्गम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootव्योम-लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय (and)
नामas the name (namely)
नाम:
Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—नाम-निर्देश (as the name/namely)
सर्वात्मके‘Sarvātmakā’/‘Sarvātmakam’ (all-souled)
सर्वात्मके:
Karma (Name/Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व-आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इति-शब्देन नामरूपेण (quoted name)
इतिthus/so-called
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—उद्धरण-चिह्न (thus/so-called)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय (and)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), addressing the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A cosmic tableau: Garuḍa (Tārkṣya) and King Pṛthu worship a towering liṅga labeled ‘Sahasracaraṇa’; flocks of birds circle a translucent, sky-hued liṅga ‘Sarvātman’ suspended amid clouds and light.
Characters & Entities
T
Tārkṣya (Garuḍa)P
PṛthuS
SahasracaraṇaB
BirdsS
SarvātmanFAQs
Śiva pervades sky and earth; His cosmic form is praised through universal epithets like Sarvātman.
No particular pilgrimage site is named.
It suggests contemplative worship of a ‘vyoma-liṅga’ (sky/space symbol), aligning worship with all-pervading reality.