Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

प्रत्यक्षमेव सर्वेषां कपिलांगूलवेष्टितम् । हरोपि तत्पुच्छजा तं बिभर्ति च वलित्रयम् । तदुत्तरायां ककुभि गौरीं संस्थापयन्मुदा

Transliteration

pratyakṣameva sarveṣāṃ kapilāṃgūlaveṣṭitam | haropi tatpucchajā taṃ bibharti ca valitrayam | taduttarāyāṃ kakubhi gaurīṃ saṃsthāpayanmudā

Translation

Für alle sichtbar war (jener Liṅga), vom Schwanz des Kapi umwunden. Selbst Hara (Śiva) trägt darauf drei Falten (Linien), die durch diesen Schwanz entstanden. Und nach Norden hin errichtete er freudig auch Gaurī.

Word by Word

• प्रत्यक्षम्: directly / visibly
• प्रत्यक्षम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as adverbial accusative)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle of emphasis)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• कपिल: brownish / tawny
• कपिल: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kapila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासपूर्वपद); वर्णविशेषण

• अङ्गूल: tail
• अङ्गूल: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासपूर्वपद); ‘tail’

• वेष्टितम्: wrapped / encircled
• वेष्टितम्: Karma/Prakara (Descriptive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√ṣṭi/√veṣṭ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(तत्) ... वेष्टितम्’

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• अपि: also
• अपि: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासपूर्वपद)

• पुच्छ: tail
• पुच्छ: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puccha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासपूर्वपद)

• जा: born from that tail
• जा: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jan (धातु) + ṭa (ट) / ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘-ज’ (born from), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘(वलित्रयम्) ... तत्पुच्छजा’ विशेषण

• तम्: it / that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• बिभर्ति: bears / carries
• बिभर्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• वलित्रयम्: the three folds (lines)
• वलित्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vali-traya (प्रातिपदिक; वलि + त्रय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• तत्: that
• तत्: Samasa-purvapada (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासपूर्वपद)

• उत्तरायाम्: in the northern (direction/quarter)
• उत्तरायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• ककुभि: in the quarter/direction
• ककुभि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kakubh (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (direction)

• गौरीम्: Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• गौरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• संस्थापयन्: installing / establishing
• संस्थापयन्: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण (agreeing with implied agent)

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; भाव/प्रकार

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uttara-Rāmanātha liṅga with Hanumat-puccha-cihna; Gaurī-sthāna

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liṅga clearly seen by all, encircled by Hanumān’s tail; three distinct folds/lines appear on the liṅga from the tail’s pressure; nearby, a shrine or image of Gaurī is being established with joy in the northern direction.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Hara)
• Hanūmān (Kapi)
• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Liṅga
• Setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service leaves sacred ‘signs’ that sanctify place and object; Setu’s liṅga is portrayed as bearing visible testimony to Hanūmān’s bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The northern quarter of the Setu/Rāmanātha sacred complex where liṅga and Gaurī are said to be established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establishing (saṃsthāpana) of Gaurī alongside the liṅga, reinforcing Śiva-Śakti worship at the tīrtha.