Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

आत्मानं च गणैः साद्धं तथैव च जगत्त्रयम् । लीनं लिंगे समस्तं तद्धेरम्बो ज्ञानवानपि

Transliteration

ātmānaṃ ca gaṇaiḥ sāddhaṃ tathaiva ca jagattrayam | līnaṃ liṃge samastaṃ taddherambo jñānavānapi

Translation

Und Heramba—obwohl wissend—sah sich selbst zusammen mit den Gaṇas und ebenso die drei Welten: alles war gänzlich im Liṅga aufgegangen.

Word by Word

• आत्मानम्: himself/the self
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• गणैः: with the gaṇas
• गणैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्

• साद्धम्: together with
• साद्धम्: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम्/साद्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (adverb/preposition: together with)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• जगत्-त्रयम्: the three worlds
• जगत्-त्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; द्विगु-समासः—त्रयाणां जगताम् समाहारः (the three worlds as a unit)

• लीनम्: merged
• लीनम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ली (धातु) + लीन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘merged/dissolved’ (कर्म-विशेषणरूपेण)

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• समस्तम्: entire/all
• समस्तम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• हेरम्बः: Heramba (Gaṇeśa)
• हेरम्बः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेरम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; गणेशस्य नाम

• ज्ञानवान्: wise/knowing
• ज्ञानवान्: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञानवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau: Gaṇeśa, gaṇas, and the three worlds appear as streams of light and forms dissolving into a central liṅga, like rivers into the ocean.

Characters & Entities

• Heramba (Gaṇeśa)
• Gaṇas
• Jagattraya (three worlds)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All beings and worlds ultimately resolve into the Śiva-Liṅga; even the wise are humbled by this supreme vision of absorption.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s Liṅga-centered sanctity is the background, presenting the Liṅga as the cosmic ground into which all returns.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the emphasis is on contemplative insight into laya (cosmic absorption) in the Liṅga.