Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अमरावत्यां सुप्रतिष्ठममरेश्वरसंज्ञकम् । वरुणेश्वरं च वारुण्यां याम्यां कालेश्वरं प्रभुम्

Transliteration

amarāvatyāṃ supratiṣṭhamamareśvarasaṃjñakam | varuṇeśvaraṃ ca vāruṇyāṃ yāmyāṃ kāleśvaraṃ prabhum

Translation

അമരാവതിയിൽ ‘അമരേശ്വര’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള സുപ്രതിഷ്ഠിത (ലിംഗം) ഉണ്ട്; വരുണദിക്കിൽ വരുണേശ്വരം, യമദിക്കിൽ (തെക്കിൽ) പ്രഭു കാലേശ്വരം।

Word by Word

• अमरावत्याम्: in Amarāvatī
• अमरावत्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• सुप्रतिष्ठम्: well-established
• सुप्रतिष्ठम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्रतिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक: सु + प्रतिष्ठ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of liṅga implied)

• अमरेश्वरसंज्ञकम्: named Amareśvara
• अमरेश्वरसंज्ञकम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमरेश्वरसंज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक: अमर-ईश्वर + संज्ञक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण ("having the name")

• वरुणेश्वरम्: Varuṇeśvara
• वरुणेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुणेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: वरुण + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• वारुण्याम्: in the Varuṇa quarter/region
• वारुण्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारुणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (दिशि/स्थाने)

• याम्याम्: in the Yama (southern) quarter
• याम्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याम्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (दक्षिणदिशि)

• कालेश्वरम्: Kāleśvara
• कालेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: काल + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; नाम

• प्रभुम्: the lord
• प्रभुम्: Karma (Apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेष्य/उपपद (appositional epithet)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amareśvara; Varuṇeśvara; Kāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic compass: three directional stations—Amarāvatī with Amareśvara; Varuṇa’s watery quarter with Varuṇeśvara; southern realm with Kāleśvara, evoking time/death imagery—each with distinct environmental motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Amarāvatī
• Amareśvara
• Varuṇeśvara
• Kāleśvara
• Varuṇa
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s presence is affirmed across all realms and directions, teaching devotees to see sacredness as all-pervading and worthy of reverence everywhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amarāvatī is named, along with directional sanctities associated with Varuṇa (west) and Yama (south), each marked by a Śiva-liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse functions as a māhātmya-style enumeration of consecrated liṅgas and their sacred placements.