Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

योगसिद्धिं ततः प्राप्य गौतमेन महात्मना । अत्र संस्थापितं लिंगं गौतमेश्वरसंज्ञया

Transliteration

yogasiddhiṃ tataḥ prāpya gautamena mahātmanā | atra saṃsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ gautameśvarasaṃjñayā

Translation

Daraufhin, nachdem der großherzige Gautama yogische Vollkommenheit erlangt hatte, errichtete er hier einen Liṅga und gab ihm den Namen „Gautameśvara“.

Word by Word

• योगसिद्धिम्: yogic attainment
• योगसिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thereafter/from that)

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having obtained)

• गौतमेन: by Gautama
• गौतमेन: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/instrumental/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Kartr-karana (Agent qualifier/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘गौतमेन’ इति विशेषण

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संस्थापितम्: was established
• संस्थापितम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्थाप् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गम्’ इति विशेष्य

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• गौतमेश्वरसंज्ञया: with the name ‘Gautameśvara’
• गौतमेश्वरसंज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/means—by the name/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतमेश्वर + संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); नामकरण-हेतु (as designation)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gautameśvara Liṅga in Guptakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kuru-foremost (Kurūd-vaha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama performs liṅga-pratiṣṭhā: a stone liṅga set on a pedestal, ritual vessels, kusa grass, flowers; divine light or subtle Śiva presence blessing the act; attendants/disciples witnessing.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Gautameśvara
• Śiva (Liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yogic attainment culminates in devotion and public benefit—Gautama uses siddhi to found a sacred center of Śiva-worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The place where the Gautameśvara Liṅga is established (a local kṣetra praised in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s sthala-māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing a Śiva-liṅga) is implied as a meritorious dharmic act.