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

Et Heramba—bien qu’emplie de connaissance—vit son propre être avec les gaṇas, et de même les trois mondes, le tout entièrement fondu dans le Liṅga.

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.