Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

नासीद्द्ववैतविभागं च सर्वं लीनं च तत्क्षणात् । यस्माल्लीनं जगत्सर्वं तस्मिंल्लिगे महात्मनः

Transliteration

nāsīddvavaitavibhāgaṃ ca sarvaṃ līnaṃ ca tatkṣaṇāt | yasmāllīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ tasmiṃllige mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Keine Teilung der Dualität blieb bestehen; in eben diesem Augenblick löste sich alles auf. Denn das ganze Universum ging darin auf—in dem Liṅga des Großbeseelten—

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• आसीत्: was/existed
• आसीत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• द्वैत-विभागम्: division of duality
• द्वैत-विभागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वैत (प्रातिपदिक) + विभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (singular)

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

• सर्वम्: all (everything)
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन (singular)

• लीनम्: merged/dissolved
• लीनम्: Karta (Predicative adjective to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ली (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘sarvam’)

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

• तत्-क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्-क्षणात्: Apadana (Ablative of time-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन (singular)

• यस्मात्: from which/wherefrom
• यस्मात्: Apadana (Relative ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc./pronoun), पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• लीनम्: merged
• लीनम्: Karta (Predicative adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ली (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied ‘sarvam/jagat’)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Karta (Adjectival to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘jagat’)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (pronoun), सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-liṅga (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boundless, radiant liṅga stands in a void-like expanse; all forms—worlds, elements, and beings—stream inward and dissolve, leaving serene luminosity.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied as Mahātman and liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Duality collapses in the presence of Śiva; the liṅga symbolizes the ground into which all multiplicity dissolves.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra’s liṅga-māhātmya—Kedāra is framed as a place revealing Śiva’s dissolving power (laya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it establishes the theological basis for worship of the liṅga at Kedāra.