Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

अस्य लिंगस्य माहात्म्यं गुर्विणीं श्रावयेद्यदि । गुणवाञ्जायते पुत्रः कन्या चापि पतिव्रता

Transliteration

asya liṃgasya māhātmyaṃ gurviṇīṃ śrāvayedyadi | guṇavāñjāyate putraḥ kanyā cāpi pativratā

Translation

若令孕妇聆听此灵伽之大功德，则必诞生具德之子；女儿亦将成为贞顺持守夫妇之法的贤妻。

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (of this)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (of the liṅga)

• माहात्म्यम्: glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (glory)

• गुर्विणीम्: a pregnant woman
• गुर्विणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुर्विणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative: pregnant woman)

• श्रावयेत्: should make (her) hear
• श्रावयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (should cause to hear/recite to)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional conjunction: if)

• गुणवान्: virtuous
• गुणवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (possessing virtues)

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (is born/comes into being)

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (son)

• कन्या: a daughter
• कन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (daughter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• पतिव्रता: devoted to her husband
• पतिव्रता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतिव्रता (प्रातिपदिक; पति + व्रत)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (a devoted-to-husband woman; chaste)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: This liṅga (Kumāreśa/Rāmeśvara context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene pregnant woman seated in a clean domestic shrine space; a family member or priest recites from a manuscript; behind them a small liṅga icon; symbolic images of a virtuous son and devoted daughter appear as auspicious visions.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva liṅga (this liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred hearing (śravaṇa) is transformative—even shaping character and dharma in the next generation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga-tīrtha whose māhātmya is being recited in Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāvaṇa: arranging for the māhātmya of the liṅga to be heard, especially by a pregnant woman.