Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्सरसि स्थेयं तीर्थैः सर्वैरथात्र च । एकस्मिंश्च तथा लिंगे सर्वलिंगैर्ममार्चनात्

Transliteration

etasminsarasi stheyaṃ tīrthaiḥ sarvairathātra ca | ekasmiṃśca tathā liṃge sarvaliṃgairmamārcanāt

Translation

“Di tasik ini hendaklah semua tīrtha bersemayam sebagai tīrtha, di sini juga. Dan demikian pula, pada satu liṅga sahaja, hendaklah pemujaan kepada-Ku berlangsung seolah-olah melalui semua liṅga.”

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; demonstrative used adjectivally

• सरसि: in the lake
• सरसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• स्थेयम्: should be stayed/one should remain
• स्थेयम्: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/future passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; impersonal obligation

• तीर्थैः: by (all) sacred places
• तीर्थैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; agrees with तीर्थैः

• अथ: then, moreover
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (conjunctive/then)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एकस्मिन्: in one
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; numeral used adjectivally

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus/in the same way)

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

• सर्वलिङ्गैः: by all liṅgas
• सर्वलिङ्गैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाणि लिङ्गानि)

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• अर्चनात्: from worship / by worshipping
• अर्चनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; ablative of cause/source

Speaker

Brahmā (Prajāpati), as quoted by Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭīśvara-saras (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā pronounces an ordinance over a luminous lake; subtle personified tīrthas (river-goddesses, sages) ‘enter’ or ‘reside’ in the waters; a single radiant liṅga stands nearby as the focal point of universal worship.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Saraḥ (lake)
• Tīrthas
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa teaches concentration of merit: the many can be accessed through the one—one lake and one liṅga become a complete pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The saras (lake) of Koṭitīrtha, declared the abiding place of all tīrthas, alongside a representative liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Residence/installation of tīrthas in the lake and focused worship at a single liṅga as a comprehensive form of arcana.