Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

योगसिद्धिं ततः प्राप्य गौतमेन महात्मना । अत्र संस्थापितं लिंगं गौतमेश्वरसंज्ञया

Transliteration

yogasiddhiṃ tataḥ prāpya gautamena mahātmanā | atra saṃsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ gautameśvarasaṃjñayā

Translation

پھر عظیم النفس گوتم نے یوگ کی سِدھی پا کر اسی مقام پر ایک لِنگ قائم کیا اور اس کا نام “گوتَمیشر” رکھا۔

Word by Word

• योगसिद्धिम्: yogic attainment
• योगसिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thereafter/from that)

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having obtained)

• गौतमेन: by Gautama
• गौतमेन: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/instrumental/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Kartr-karana (Agent qualifier/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘गौतमेन’ इति विशेषण

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

• संस्थापितम्: was established
• संस्थापितम्: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्थाप् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गम्’ इति विशेष्य

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• गौतमेश्वरसंज्ञया: with the name ‘Gautameśvara’
• गौतमेश्वरसंज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/means—by the name/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतमेश्वर + संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); नामकरण-हेतु (as designation)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gautameśvara Liṅga in Guptakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kuru-foremost (Kurūd-vaha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama performs liṅga-pratiṣṭhā: a stone liṅga set on a pedestal, ritual vessels, kusa grass, flowers; divine light or subtle Śiva presence blessing the act; attendants/disciples witnessing.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Gautameśvara
• Śiva (Liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yogic attainment culminates in devotion and public benefit—Gautama uses siddhi to found a sacred center of Śiva-worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The place where the Gautameśvara Liṅga is established (a local kṣetra praised in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s sthala-māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing a Śiva-liṅga) is implied as a meritorious dharmic act.