Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

सदाभ्यैतु समं लिंगैस्तैराद्यैः सुरसत्तम । येनामर्षप्रशांतिर्नः सर्वेषामिह जायते

Transliteration

sadābhyaitu samaṃ liṃgaistairādyaiḥ surasattama | yenāmarṣapraśāṃtirnaḥ sarveṣāmiha jāyate

Translation

„O Bester unter den Göttern, mögen jene uranfänglichen Liṅgas hier stets gemeinsam gegenwärtig sein, damit an diesem Ort der Zorn und die Rivalität von uns allen zur Ruhe kommen.“

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of time

• अभ्यैतु: may (it/he) approach/come near
• अभ्यैतु: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-इ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थक/imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः अभि-

• समम्: equally, together
• समम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb

• लिङ्गैः: with the liṅgas/emblems
• लिङ्गैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — instrumental plural

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — instrumental plural pronoun

• आद्यैः: prime/first, original
• आद्यैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — instrumental plural; विशेषणम् (qualifier) of तैः/लिङ्गैः

• सुरसत्तम: O best of the gods
• सुरसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुराणां सत्तमः)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular relative pronoun

• अमर्ष-प्रशान्तिः: the pacification of anger
• अमर्ष-प्रशान्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर्ष + प्रशान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अमर्षस्य प्रशान्तिः)

• नः: of us/our
• नः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन — enclitic pronoun

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — genitive plural

• इह: here
• इह: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — indeclinable adverb of place

• जायते: arises, is produced
• जायते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred precinct where several ancient liṅgas are envisioned as simultaneously present; devas (or rival claimants) stand with folded hands, their anger dissolving into calm as the liṅgas radiate stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga(s)
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained divine presence (through liṅga worship) is sought not for power, but for peace—cooling pride, anger, and rivalry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The local kṣetra near the city is praised as a place where primordial liṅgas’ presence brings pacification and welfare.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A request implying liṅga-sthāpana/continued presence and worship of liṅgas as the means to pacify resentment.