Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 154

Devanagari script

जैगीषव्यो ब्रह्मरंध्रं नाम योगेश्वरं जपन् । निमिर्नयनयोर्लिंगे जपञ्शर्वेति नाम च

Transliteration

jaigīṣavyo brahmaraṃdhraṃ nāma yogeśvaraṃ japan | nimirnayanayorliṃge japañśarveti nāma ca

Translation

Jaigīṣavya verehrt den Liṅga namens „Brahmaraṃdhra“ und rezitiert den Namen „Yogeśvara“ (Herr des Yoga). Und König Nimi, den Liṅga in seinen Augen verehrend, rezitiert den Namen „Śarva“.

Word by Word

• jaigīṣavyaḥ: Jaigīṣavya (a sage)
• jaigīṣavyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaigīṣavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• brahma-raṃdhram: Brahmarandhra (the cranial aperture)
• brahma-raṃdhram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + randhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) ‘ब्रह्मणः रन्ध्रम्’

• nāma: named; called
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; ‘नाम’ = ‘called’

• yogeśvaram: Yogeśvara (Lord of Yoga)
• yogeśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) ‘योगानाम् ईश्वरः’

• japan: reciting
• japan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• nimiḥ: Nimi
• nimiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nimi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• nayanayoḥ: of (his) two eyes
• nayanayoḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Locative-like relation via genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), द्विवचन

• liṅge: in the liṅga
• liṅge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• japan: reciting
• japan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• śarva-iti: “Śarva” (thus)
• śarva-iti: Sambandha (Quotation/Naming)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक) + iti (अव्यय)
• Form: ‘इति’ इत्यनेन उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशः; śarva = नाम (quoted)

• nāma: name; called
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; naming usage

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa default attribution

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmaraṃdhra (antar-tīrtha) / Netra-liṅga (antar-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two sages/royal figures in meditation: Jaigīṣavya with a luminous crown-lotus where a tiny liṅga shines (Brahmaraṃdhra), and King Nimi with radiant eyes each reflecting a liṅga; mantra syllables ‘Yogeśvara’ and ‘Śarva’ orbit like constellations.

Characters & Entities

• Jaigīṣavya
• Nimi
• Śiva
• Brahmaraṃdhra
• Yogeśvara
• Śarva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is realized both through yogic subtle centers (Brahmaraṃdhra) and through inner consecration of the senses—devotion and yoga converge in His names.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No external tīrtha is specified; the verse highlights interiorized worship (adhyātma) alongside traditional liṅga devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of ‘Yogeśvara’ and ‘Śarva’ while worshipping the respective liṅga-forms (Brahmaraṃdhra-liṅga; ‘in the eyes’ liṅga as described).