Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

भोगेश्वरं च पाताले हाटकेश्वरमेव च । एवमादीन्यनेकानि लिंगानि भुवनत्रये । स्थापितानि तदा देवैर्विश्वोपकृतिहेतवे

Transliteration

bhogeśvaraṃ ca pātāle hāṭakeśvarameva ca | evamādīnyanekāni liṃgāni bhuvanatraye | sthāpitāni tadā devairviśvopakṛtihetave

Translation

In Pātāla ist Bhogeśvara, und ebenso Hāṭakeśvara. So wurden damals viele Liṅgas dieser Art von den Göttern in den drei Welten errichtet, zum Heil und Wohl des Universums.

Word by Word

• bhogeśvaram: Bhogeśvara
• bhogeśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भोगस्य ईश्वरः)

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

• pātāle: in Pātāla (netherworld)
• pātāle: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• hāṭakeśvaram: Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हाटकस्य ईश्वरः)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

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

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus/in this manner)

• ādīni: and others beginning with these
• ādīni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘आदि’ (beginning with etc.)

• anekāni: many
• anekāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• liṅgāni: liṅgas
• liṅgāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/कर्मणि कर्तृसदृश), बहुवचन

• bhuvanatraye: in the three worlds
• bhuvanatraye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvana (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु (त्रीणि भुवनानि)

• sthāpitāni: were established
• sthāpitāni: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि—‘स्थापित’ (set up/established)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• devaiḥ: by the gods
• devaiḥ: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; कर्तृ-करण (agent in passive)

• viśvopakṛtihetave: for the sake of the welfare of the world
• viśvopakṛtihetave: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + upakṛti (प्रातिपदिक) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; समासः—बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (विश्वस्य उपकृतिः तस्य हेतुः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhogeśvara (Pātāla), Hāṭakeśvara (Pātāla)

Type: cave

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: devas installing liṅgas across three tiers—heavens with shining vimānas, earth with mountains/rivers and temples, and Pātāla with nāgas, jeweled caverns, and the liṅgas Bhogeśvara and Hāṭakeśvara glowing in subterranean gold light.

Characters & Entities

• Bhogeśvara
• Pātāla
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Devas
• Bhuvana-traya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred institutions (liṅgas) are portrayed as divine supports for cosmic harmony, established for loka-saṅgraha—the welfare of all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights cosmological locations (Pātāla and the three worlds) rather than a single earthly tirtha, expanding the māhātmya to a universal scale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration) is referenced as an act performed by the gods, but no procedural details are given.