Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अस्य तीरे महालिंगं स्थापयामास वै विभुः । तत्र देवः स्वयं साक्षाद्विद्यते किल शंकरः

Transliteration

asya tīre mahāliṃgaṃ sthāpayāmāsa vai vibhuḥ | tatra devaḥ svayaṃ sākṣādvidyate kila śaṃkaraḥ

Translation

اُس کے کنارے پر اُس قادرِ مطلق نے ایک مہا لِنگ قائم کیا؛ وہاں حقیقتاً دیوتا شنکر خود براہِ راست موجود ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this (lake/place)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• तीरे: on the bank
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• महालिङ्गम्: a great liṅga
• महालिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् लिङ्गम्); Accusative singular

• स्थापयामास: caused to be स्थापित; established
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → स्थापय (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (periphrastic perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• विभुः: the mighty one (Brahmā)
• विभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta-viseshana (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• साक्षात्: directly, in person
• साक्षात्: Manner (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: directly/manifestly)

• विद्यते: is present/exists
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु; ‘to be found/ exist’ in Ātmanepada)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Present 3rd sg.

• किल: indeed/it is said
• किल: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (reportative particle: ‘it is said’)

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmasaras-tīra Mahāliṅga (Brahmeśa context)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (unit addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the lake’s bank, Brahmā installs a towering Mahāliṅga; the atmosphere indicates Śiva’s direct presence—radiance, stillness, and sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Brahmasaras
• Mahāliṅga
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A consecrated liṅga at a sanctified tīrtha is not merely symbolic; the Purāṇa affirms Śiva’s direct presence there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bank of Brahmasaras, where the great liṅga (Brahmeśa/Mahāliṅga) is established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sthāpanā (installation) is narrated; devotional visitation and worship are implied by the claim of Śiva’s manifest presence.