Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

गुरो ब्रूहि ममाशु त्वं सुमुहूर्तं च सांप्रतम् । दिवसं यत्र सल्लिंगं स्थापयामि हरोद्भवम् । प्रलयेऽपि समुत्पन्ने न नाशो यत्र जायते

Transliteration

guro brūhi mamāśu tvaṃ sumuhūrtaṃ ca sāṃpratam | divasaṃ yatra salliṃgaṃ sthāpayāmi harodbhavam | pralaye'pi samutpanne na nāśo yatra jāyate

Translation

«يا مُعلِّمي، أخبرني سريعًا بالوقت المبارك في هذه الساعة—أيَّ يومٍ أُقيمُ فيه هذا اللِّينغا الحقّ، المولود من هارا (شِيفا)—في ذلك الموضع الذي لا يقع فيه هلاكٌ، ولو قامت البرالايا، فناءُ الكون».

Word by Word

• गुरो: O teacher
• गुरो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रूहि: tell
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• मम: to me / my
• मम: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुमुहूर्तम्: an auspicious moment
• सुमुहूर्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-muhūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय: सु + मुहूर्त ("auspicious moment")

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• साम्प्रतम्: now
• साम्प्रतम्: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāmprata (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: now/at present)

• दिवसम्: (the) day
• दिवसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (where)

• सत्: good/holy
• सत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (good/true)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थापयामि: I will स्थापित/establish
• स्थापयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative: "cause to stand/place")

• हरोद्भवम्: born from Hara (Śiva)
• हरोद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hara-udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: हरात् उद्भवम् ("arisen from Hara")

• प्रलये: in the dissolution
• प्रलये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pralaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• समुत्पन्ने: when (it) has arisen/occurred
• समुत्पन्ने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-√पद्/√पद् (धातु) + त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle) used locatively; पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• नाशः: destruction
• नाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (where)

• जायते: arises/occurs
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Indra (devarāja) addressing his guru Jīva (deduced from prior verse and devapaḥ context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana-kṣetra (avināśa-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra respectfully asks guru Jīva to declare an auspicious muhurta/day to install the Hara-born liṅga at the indestructible spot that survives even pralaya.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Jīva (guru)
• Hara/Śiva
• Liṅga (Harodbhava)
• Pralaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred space (tīrtha) and sacred time (muhūrta) together sanctify worship—making the installed liṅga a stable axis of dharma even amid cosmic change.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The place associated with the Harodbhava Liṅga near Bālamaṇḍana, praised as undestroyed even during pralaya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation) is explicitly intended, with emphasis on selecting a su-muhūrta (auspicious time/day).