Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एतल्लिंगं करिष्यंति कृत्यानि विविधानिच । तानि सिद्धिं प्रयास्यंति प्रसादादस्य दीक्षित

Transliteration

etalliṃgaṃ kariṣyaṃti kṛtyāni vividhānica | tāni siddhiṃ prayāsyaṃti prasādādasya dīkṣita

Translation

Die Eingeweihten (dīkṣitas) werden verschiedene heilige Riten in Bezug auf diesen Liṅga vollziehen; durch seine Gnade werden diese Riten Erfüllung und Erfolg erlangen.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• करिष्यन्ति: will do / will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृत्यानि: rites, acts
• कृत्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (objects)

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (कृत्यानि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तानि: those (acts)
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सिद्धिम्: success, accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रयास्यन्ति: will attain
• प्रयास्यन्ति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रसादात्: from (the) grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu (Cause/source/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this (deity)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दीक्षित: O initiated one
• दीक्षित: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीक्षित (कृदन्त; √दिक्ष्/√दीक्ष् (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative form used as address), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘initiated one’

Speaker

Contextual narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa (speaker not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Initiated priests (dīkṣitas) perform varied rites around the liṅga: abhiṣeka, homa fire nearby, mantra recitation, offerings arranged; a subtle aura around the liṅga signifies prasāda granting siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual action becomes fruitful when anchored in devotion and divine grace, especially at a consecrated Liṅga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha where this particular Liṅga is established in Nāgarakhaṇḍa (later named Kaṃsārīśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing prescribed rites/observances (kṛtyāni) connected with the Liṅga, especially by dīkṣitas (initiates).