Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तल्लिगं धूर्जटेश्छित्त्वा पातयामास भूतले । रुधिरौघपरिव्याप्तो मुमोह भगवान्विभुः

Transliteration

talligaṃ dhūrjaṭeśchittvā pātayāmāsa bhūtale | rudhiraughaparivyāpto mumoha bhagavānvibhuḥ

Translation

ধূর্জটির (শিবের) সেই লিঙ্গ ছেদন করে সে ভূমিতে নিক্ষেপ করল। রক্তস্রোতে আচ্ছন্ন হয়ে সর্বশক্তিমান প্রভু বিমূঢ়তায় আচ্ছন্ন হলেন।

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्गम् इति)

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

• धूर्जटेः: of Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva)
• धूर्जटेः: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूर्जटि (प्रातिपदिक; शिव-पर्याय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• छित्त्वा: having cut
• छित्त्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); धातु: छिद्

• पातयामास: caused to fall / cast down
• पातयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative) ‘पातयति’

• भूतले: on the ground
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• रुधिरौघपरिव्याप्तः: pervaded by a flood of blood
• रुधिरौघपरिव्याप्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक) + परि-व्याप्त (कृदन्त-क्त from व्याप्त/व्याप् with परि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रुधिर-ओघेन परिव्याप्तः)

• मुमोह: became deluded/fainted
• मुमोह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विभुः: all-powerful
• विभुः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (भगवान् इति)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce act: a severed liṅga of Dhūrjaṭi hurled to earth; a torrent of blood spreads; the perpetrator—though mighty—staggers into stupefaction as the ground darkens.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva)
• Bhagavān Vibhu (the Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In māhātmya narratives, extraordinary events around the liṅga mark the gravity of dharma and the emergence of sacred significance in the landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse suggests a sanctifying event (liṅga falling to earth), but the precise tīrtha name is not provided in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it describes a mythic event that typically underlies later tīrtha worship.