Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 158

Devanagari script

भारती तारलिंगं च नाम लोकत्रयाश्रितम् । शनिश्च संगमावर्ते जगन्नाथेति नाम च

Transliteration

bhāratī tāraliṃgaṃ ca nāma lokatrayāśritam | śaniśca saṃgamāvarte jagannātheti nāma ca

Translation

Bhāratī (Sarasvatī) verehrt den sternengleich leuchtenden (tāra) Liṅga und nennt ihn „Lokatrayāśrita“, Zuflucht der drei Welten. Und Śani verehrt einen Liṅga im Strudel einer Zusammenströmung (saṃgamāvarta) und nennt ihn „Jagannātha“, Herr des Universums.

Word by Word

• bhāratī: Bhāratī (a name/title)
• bhāratī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāratī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tāraliṅgam: the Tāra-liṅga
• tāraliṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāra + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• nāma: (is) the name; called
• nāma: Viśeṣaṇa (Appositional/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः ‘called/named’

• lokatrayāśritam: resorted to by the three worlds
• lokatrayāśritam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loka + traya + āśrita (कृदन्त; √śri/श्रि ‘to resort’ + ā-; past passive participle)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• śaniḥ: Śani (Saturn)
• śaniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śani (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• saṃgamāvarte: at the whirlpool/eddy of the confluence
• saṃgamāvarte: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgama + āvarta (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• jagannātha: Jagannātha
• jagannātha: Viśeṣya (Name/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat + nātha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); इति-पूर्वपदेन नामरूपेण निर्देशः

• iti: thus; as
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• nāma: the name
• nāma: Viśeṣaṇa (Appositional/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); नामनिर्देशार्थे

• ca: also/and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa default attribution

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṃgamāvarta (Jagannātha-liṅga) and Tāra-liṅga (Lokatrayāśrita)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarasvatī/Bhāratī, luminous and serene, offers white lotuses to a star-radiant liṅga; elsewhere Śani, dark-hued and austere, worships at a swirling confluence-whirlpool where two waters meet, naming the liṅga Jagannātha.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāratī (Sarasvatī)
• Śani
• Śiva
• Lokatrayāśrita
• Jagannātha
• Saṃgama (confluence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the universal refuge and lordship itself; even planetary powers and divine speech honor Him, especially at sacred confluences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘saṃgama’ (river confluence) is indicated via ‘saṃgamāvarta’, but no named location (e.g., Prayāga) is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-japa of ‘Lokatrayāśrita’ and ‘Jagannātha’ connected to worship of the tāra-liṅga and a liṅga at a confluence-eddy.