Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

विश्वेश्वरं महालिंगं मन्नाम्नात्र भविष्यति । एवमुक्त्वा महादेवस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत

Transliteration

viśveśvaraṃ mahāliṃgaṃ mannāmnātra bhaviṣyati | evamuktvā mahādevastatraivāṃtaradhīyata

Translation

„Hier wird ein großer Liṅga sein, Viśveśvara genannt, der meinen Namen trägt.“ So sprechend, entschwand Mahādeva an eben dieser Stelle.

Word by Word

• विश्वेश्वरम्: Viśveśvara (Lord of the universe)
• विश्वेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विश्वस्य ईश्वरः)

• महालिङ्गम्: great liṅga
• महालिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् लिङ्गम्)

• मत्-नाम्ना: by my name / named after me
• मत्-नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम नाम)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'thus')

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• अन्तरधीयत: disappeared/vanished
• अन्तरधीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara Mahāliṅga (as instituted here)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yama (and implicitly the assembled devas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva proclaims the establishment of a great liṅga named Viśveśvara at that spot; immediately after speaking, he vanishes (antaradhāna), leaving the decree resonating in the sacred space.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mahādeva)
• Viśveśvara
• Mahāliṅga
• Dharmāraṇya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra is anchored by a nāma-rūpa of Śiva; naming the liṅga establishes an enduring focus for devotion and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied setting where the Viśveśvara Mahāliṅga is proclaimed to arise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship of the named liṅga is indicated as the kṣetra’s central practice, though details come later.