Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

बर्करेशः शिवस्तत्र तया संस्थापितस्तदा । मन्मुखान्महादाश्चर्यं श्रुत्वेदं च तलातलात्

Transliteration

barkareśaḥ śivastatra tayā saṃsthāpitastadā | manmukhānmahādāścaryaṃ śrutvedaṃ ca talātalāt

Translation

Dort, zu jener Zeit, setzte sie Śiva als Barkareśa ein. Und dieses große Wunder, das man aus meinem Mund vernahm, wurde selbst in Talātala, den Unterwelten, bekannt.

Word by Word

• barkareśaḥ: Barkareśa
• barkareśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: barkarī + īśa (ईश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: बर्कर्याः ईशः (lord of Barkarī / Barkareśa)

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (शिव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (तत्र अव्यय)
• Form: देश-बोधक अव्यय (adverb: there)

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्तृ-हेतु), एकवचन

• saṃsthāpitaḥ: was स्थापित/installed
• saṃsthāpitaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + sthā (स्था धातु) + causative sthāpaya + saṃsthāpita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; passive sense ‘was स्थापित’

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (तदा अव्यय)
• Form: काल-बोधक अव्यय (adverb: then)

• mat: my
• mat: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (मद्/अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; in compound with mukha

• mukhāt: from (the) mouth
• mukhāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (मुख प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• mahā: great
• mahā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (महा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् पूर्वपद-विशेषण; here qualifying āścarya

• āścaryam: wonder
• āścaryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya (आश्चर्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund), ‘having heard’

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

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

• talātalāt: from the netherworld (Talātala)
• talātalāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: talātala (तलातल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; समास: तल + अतल (nether regions)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Barkareśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kurūsattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kumārī consecrates Śiva as Barkareśa; the shrine’s sanctity becomes renowned, echoing through all realms including Pātāla.

Characters & Entities

• Barkareśa (Śiva)
• Kumārī
• Talātala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A consecrated liṅga anchors Śiva’s presence in a specific place, turning it into a lasting field of merit (puṇya-kṣetra).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Barkareśa—Śiva established at this location by Kumārī—becomes the central sacred site of this passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-saṁsthāpana (pratiṣṭhā/consecration) is the implied ritual act that founds the shrine’s sanctity.