Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

भविष्यति पुनर्भार्या तवैव त्रिपुरांतक । तस्माल्लिंगं समादाय कुरु क्षेमं दिवौकसाम्

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati punarbhāryā tavaiva tripurāṃtaka | tasmālliṃgaṃ samādāya kuru kṣemaṃ divaukasām

Translation

Sie wird wieder deine eigene Gemahlin sein, o Bezwinger Tripuras. Darum nimm diesen Liṅga auf und sichere das Heil der Himmelsbewohner.

Word by Word

• भविष्यति: will become/will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (indeed)

• त्रिपुरान्तक: O destroyer of Tripura
• त्रिपुरान्तक: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रिपुरस्य अन्तकः)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• समादाय: having taken up
• समादाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having taken)

• कुरु: do/make
• कुरु: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• क्षेमम्: welfare; safety
• क्षेमम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दिवौकसाम्: of the dwellers in heaven (the gods)
• दिवौकसाम्: Sambandha (Beneficiary/for whom)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (दिवि ओकः यस्य/येषाम्)

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas exhort Tripurāntaka: ‘She will be your wife again; lift the liṅga and secure heaven’s welfare.’ The liṅga appears as a weighty yet luminous axis; devas gesture in urgent supplication.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Tripurāntaka)
• Devāḥ
• Liṅga
• Gaurī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Assurance of divine reunion becomes the ground for renewing responsibility—personal sorrow is transformed into protection of the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is glorified through the necessity of the Liṅga’s continued presence, which safeguards cosmic welfare in the chapter’s sacred-geography frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: restoration/maintenance of the Liṅga and its worship for loka-kṣema (welfare of beings).