Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

लिंगं महाद्भुतं दृष्टं येनव्याप्तं जगत्त्रयम् । दर्शनार्थं च तस्यांतं देवैः संप्रेषितोस्मयहम्

Transliteration

liṃgaṃ mahādbhutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ yenavyāptaṃ jagattrayam | darśanārthaṃ ca tasyāṃtaṃ devaiḥ saṃpreṣitosmayaham

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าได้เห็นลึงค์อันน่าอัศจรรย์ยิ่ง ซึ่งแผ่ซ่านครอบคลุมไตรโลก; และเพื่อจะได้ประจักษ์ปลายที่สุดของมัน เหล่าเทวะจึงส่งข้าพเจ้าออกมา.

Word by Word

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महाद्भुतम्: most wondrous
• महाद्भुतम्: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्गम् इत्यस्य)

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Kriya (participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (seen)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative)

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded
• व्याप्तम्: Kriya (descriptive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याप् (धातु) → व्याप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; जगत्त्रयम् इत्यस्य विशेषण (pervaded)

• जगत्त्रयम्: the three worlds
• जगत्त्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगुसमास (three worlds as a unit)

• दर्शनार्थम्: for seeing
• दर्शनार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनवाचक (for the purpose of seeing)

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

• तस्य: of it/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अन्तम्: the end/limit
• अन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana/Agent (by the gods)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• संप्रेषितः: was sent
• संप्रेषितः: Kriya (passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + इष्/प्रेष् (धातु) → संप्रेषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (was sent)

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriya (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (implied by surrounding context; explicit speech begins at 44, but this is part of Brahmā’s report)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ananta/Jyotir-liṅga (principle invoked within Kedāra-mahātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā declares he has seen the wondrous liṅga that pervades the three worlds and says he was dispatched by the gods to find its end—his speech carries self-justifying urgency.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Liṅga
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s reality (symbolized by the Liṅga) is all-pervading and beyond finite measurement, even for the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra is the overarching sacred geography of this section; the verse contributes to the Liṅga’s greatness that sanctifies the region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the emphasis is on darśana (sacred vision) and the search for the divine limit.