Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

इत्येकादशरूपोऽयं शिवः साक्षाद्विभासते । सदा ह्येतेषु लिंगेषु संनिधत्ते महेश्वरः

Transliteration

ityekādaśarūpo'yaṃ śivaḥ sākṣādvibhāsate | sadā hyeteṣu liṃgeṣu saṃnidhatte maheśvaraḥ

Translation

So leuchtet Śiva hier wahrhaftig in elf offenbaren Gestalten. Denn Maheśvara weilt immerdar in diesen Liṅgas in lebendiger Gegenwart.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• ekādaśa-rūpaḥ: having eleven forms
• ekādaśa-rūpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषवत् अर्थः—‘एकादशानां रूपाणि यस्य’ (having eleven forms)

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sākṣāt: directly, manifestly
• sākṣāt: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• vibhāsate: shines forth, appears
• vibhāsate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√bhās (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• eteṣu: in these
• eteṣu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• liṅgeṣu: in the liṅgas
• liṅgeṣu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• saṃnidhatte: is present, abides near
• saṃnidhatte: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ni-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• maheśvaraḥ: Mahādeva, the Great Lord
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—‘महान् ईश्वरः’

Speaker

Śiva (contextual deduction within Setukhaṇḍa’s Rāmeśvaram Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu / Rāmeśvara-kṣetra (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred coastal kṣetra at Setu with a cluster of eleven liṅgas radiating a subtle aura; pilgrims and vānaras in reverent posture; the sea and sandbars visible in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Maheśvara
• Eleven forms (ekādaśarūpa)
• Liṅgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated liṅgas are not mere symbols; the Purāṇa affirms Śiva’s direct and continual presence in them.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukṣetra/Rāmeśvaram, presented as a field where Śiva manifests in eleven forms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse supports liṅga-pūjā and tīrtha-yātrā by declaring enduring divine saṃnidhi in the installed liṅgas.