Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

स्वंस्वं लिंगं तदा सृष्टं धर्मारण्ये सुरोत्तमैः । यस्य देवस्य यल्लिंगं तन्नाम्ना परिकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

svaṃsvaṃ liṃgaṃ tadā sṛṣṭaṃ dharmāraṇye surottamaiḥ | yasya devasya yalliṃgaṃ tannāmnā parikīrtitam

Translation

ครั้งนั้น ณ ธรรมารัณยะ เหล่าเทพผู้ประเสริฐได้บังเกิดลึงคะของตน ๆ; ลึงคะแต่ละองค์ได้รับการสรรเสริญเรียกขานตามพระนามของเทพเจ้าผู้เป็นเจ้าของ

Word by Word

• स्वम्-स्वम्: each one’s own
• स्वम्-स्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्त-द्वन्द्वः (each one’s own)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga, emblem
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

• सृष्टम्: created
• सृष्टम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) → सृष्ट (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तम् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेयम् (was created)

• धर्मारण्ये: in Dharmāraṇya
• धर्मारण्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मस्य अरण्यम्)

• सुरोत्तमैः: by the best of the gods
• सुरोत्तमैः: Karana (Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (सुराणाम् उत्तमाः)

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (relative pronoun)

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• यत्-लिङ्गम्: that liṅga (which)
• यत्-लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (यत् एव लिङ्गम्)

• तत्-नाम्ना: by that name
• तत्-नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (तस्य नाम्ना)

• परिकीर्तितम्: is proclaimed
• परिकीर्तितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु) → परिकीर्तित (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तम् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे (is proclaimed/was celebrated)

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta’s narration across the section; specific speaker not marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (liṅga-samūha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a luminous forest clearing of Dharmāraṇya, the foremost devas each bring forth a distinct liṅga; each liṅga bears subtle iconographic hints of its presiding deity, while sages witness and recite names.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Devas
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra becomes a living sacred landscape when divine powers establish multiple centers of worship, each honored through its proper name.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is directly named as the place where many liṅgas were manifested by the gods.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional proclamation and remembrance through correct naming (parikīrtana) is emphasized; it implies worship at each shrine.