Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

इत्थमट्टालये वासो लोहाणे च भविष्यति । धर्मारण्ये महाक्षेत्रे महीसागरसंनिधौ

Transliteration

itthamaṭṭālaye vāso lohāṇe ca bhaviṣyati | dharmāraṇye mahākṣetre mahīsāgarasaṃnidhau

Translation

如是，我之住处将于阿塔拉耶（Aṭṭālaya）亦于罗诃那（Lohāṇa）——在达摩林（Dharmāraṇya）这广大圣域之中，近于大海。

Word by Word

• इत्थम्: thus, in this manner
• इत्थम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• अट्टालये: in the palace/lofty building
• अट्टालये: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अट्टालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• वासः: dwelling, residence
• वासः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• लोहाणे: in Lohāṇa (place-name)
• लोहाणे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोहाण (प्रातिपदिक; स्थाननाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• भविष्यति: will be, will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• धर्मारण्ये: in Dharmāraṇya (forest of dharma)
• धर्मारण्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य अरण्यम्)

• महाक्षेत्रे: in the great sacred field
• महाक्षेत्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् क्षेत्रम्)

• महीसागरसंनिधौ: near the ocean (great sea)
• महीसागरसंनिधौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + सागर + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (महीसागरस्य संनिधिः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (with Aṭṭālaya and Lohāṇa as sub-sites)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal sacred forest (Dharmāraṇya) with a shrine-marked settlement; the ocean visible beyond dunes; a divine presence indicating ‘here is my abode’ over Aṭṭālaya and Lohāṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Aṭṭālaya
• Lohāṇa
• Dharmāraṇya
• Mahīsāgara (ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is anchored in sacred landscapes; knowing the deity’s ‘abode’ sanctifies pilgrimage and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya Mahākṣetra, especially the locales Aṭṭālaya and Lohāṇa near the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated here; it establishes the sacred geography where worship is to be performed.