Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

अथ तेषां पुनर्दृष्टिं गत्वा देवस्त्रिलोचनः । प्रोवाच मधुरं वाक्यं कस्मिंश्चित्कालपर्यये । आराधितस्तपःशक्त्या लिंगसंस्थापनादनु

Transliteration

atha teṣāṃ punardṛṣṭiṃ gatvā devastrilocanaḥ | provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ kasmiṃścitkālaparyaye | ārādhitastapaḥśaktyā liṃgasaṃsthāpanādanu

Translation

Dann, nachdem einige Zeit vergangen war, erschien der dreiaugige Herr erneut vor ihnen und sprach süße Worte, besänftigt durch die Kraft ihrer Askese, nachdem die Liṅgas eingesetzt worden waren.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (again)

• दृष्टिम्: sight; seeing; audience
• दृष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (F), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyā (पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having gone’

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रिलोचनः: the three-eyed one
• त्रिलोचनः: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास; पुंलिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा (Nom/1st), एकवचन; ‘यस्य त्रयः लोचनानि सः’

• प्रोवाच: said; spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• मधुरम्: sweet
• मधुरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of vākya/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (N), द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वाक्यम्: speech; words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (N), द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), एकवचन

• कस्मिन्: in some (which)
• कस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (M/N), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; प्रश्न/अनिर्दिष्ट-प्रयोग

• चित्: some; certain
• चित्: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चितार्थक-निपात (indefinite particle)

• कालपर्यये: at a certain time/occasion
• कालपर्यये: Adhikaraṇa (Time locus/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + पर्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग (M), सप्तमी (Loc/7th), एकवचन; ‘काले पर्यये’

• आराधितः: having been worshipped; pleased
• आराधितः: Karta (Predicate participle of devaḥ/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा (Nom/1st), एकवचन

• तपःशक्त्या: by the power of austerity
• तपःशक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (F), तृतीया (Instr/3rd), एकवचन; ‘तपसः शक्त्या’

• लिंगसंस्थापनात्: from/through the establishment of the liṅga
• लिंगसंस्थापनात्: Apādāna (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग + संस्थापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (N), पञ्चमी (Abl/5th), एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गस्य संस्थापनात्’

• अनु: thereafter; following that
• अनु: Sambandha (Sequencing/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘after/thereupon’ अर्थे (postposition-like)

Speaker

Narrator voice introducing Śiva (Trilocana)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of ascetic brāhmaṇas near newly established liṅgas; after a lapse of time, Śiva (Trilocana) manifests before them, speaking gently, the atmosphere charged with sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Trilocana)
• liṅga
• tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas and sincere shrine-establishment attract divine presence; Śiva responds directly to sustained devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights a sanctified region of multiple liṅga installations; the particular place-name is not given in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies the merit of liṅga-saṃsthāpana and tapas as acts that lead to divine propitiation and darśana.