Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सर्वदेवमयं स्थानं कोटिलिङ्गमनुत्तमम् । यथा नदीनदाः सर्वे सागरे यान्ति संक्षयम्

Transliteration

sarvadevamayaṃ sthānaṃ koṭiliṅgamanuttamam | yathā nadīnadāḥ sarve sāgare yānti saṃkṣayam

Translation

Dieser Ort ist von allen Göttern durchdrungen—ein unübertrefflicher Koṭiliṅga. Wie alle Flüsse und Bäche schließlich im Ozean zusammenströmen und zur Ruhe kommen,

Word by Word

• sarva-deva-mayam: made of / pervaded by all gods
• sarva-deva-mayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier) स्थानम्; समासः: sarva-deva-maya = 'consisting of all gods'

• sthānam: place
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• koṭi-liṅgam: Koṭiliṅga (the crore-liṅga)
• koṭi-liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular); समासः: koṭi-liṅga = 'a crore of liṅgas / koṭi-liṅga (name/epithet)'

• anuttamam: unsurpassed
• anuttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier) (स्थानम्/कोटिलिङ्गम्)

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; उपमानवाचक-अव्ययम् (comparative 'as/just as')

• nadī-nadāḥ: rivers and streams
• nadī-nadāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक) + nada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine; nada) / स्त्रीलिङ्गम् (Feminine; nadī) समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (collective dvandva), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifier) nadī-nadāḥ

• sāgare: into the ocean
• sāgare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• saṃkṣayam: dissolution / end
• saṃkṣayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular); गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः लक्ष्यं (goal/result)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narrative voice within Revā Khaṇḍa; likely a ṛṣi addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭiliṅga (at Śūlabheda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Avanīpati / king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A majestic liṅga labeled ‘Koṭiliṅga’ radiates with many subtle deity-forms within its aura; around it, stylized rivers flow inward like threads into an ocean, symbolizing convergence.

Characters & Entities

• Koṭiliṅga
• Śūlabheda (contextual tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme Śaiva tīrtha gathers divine presence and grants spiritual ‘resolution’—like rivers finding completion in the ocean.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śūlabheda/Koṭiliṅga sacred site within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; the verse primarily proclaims the site’s all-deity nature and unsurpassed status.