Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

स्वर्गं गतस्तदा ब्रह्मा अवलोकनतत्परः । नापस्यत्तत्र लिंगस्य मस्तकं च विचक्षमः

Transliteration

svargaṃ gatastadā brahmā avalokanatatparaḥ | nāpasyattatra liṃgasya mastakaṃ ca vicakṣamaḥ

Translation

ครั้งนั้นพระพรหมเสด็จสู่สวรรค์ มุ่งมั่นเพื่อสืบค้น; แต่ถึงทรงมีปัญญาเฉียบคม ก็ยังมิได้เห็นยอดศิขรของลึงค์นั้น ณ ที่นั้นเลย.

Word by Word

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गतः: having gone/went
• गतः: Kriya (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अवलोकनतत्परः: intent on observing
• अवलोकनतत्परः: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवलोकन + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; अवलोकने तत्परः (intent on looking)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अपश्यत्: saw
• अपश्यत्: Kriya (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मस्तकम्: the top/head
• मस्तकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• विचक्षमः: though discerning/competent
• विचक्षमः: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचक्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (able/skillful)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā in Svarga scans the heavens for the liṅga’s summit but finds nothing—only endless space and divine clouds.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Svarga
• Śiva-liṅga (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the creator-god’s vision cannot reach Śiva’s limit; the Infinite is not an object of ordinary sight or pride.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-khaṇḍa’s liṅga-māhātmya, presenting Kedāra as a locus of the immeasurable Śiva principle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.