Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

आकल्पांतसमं दिव्यं स्थिरं ते तद्भविष्यति । तच्छ्रुत्वा देवराजस्तु हर्षेण महताऽन्वितः

Transliteration

ākalpāṃtasamaṃ divyaṃ sthiraṃ te tadbhaviṣyati | tacchrutvā devarājastu harṣeṇa mahatā'nvitaḥ

Translation

«Für dich wird es göttlich und fest sein und bis zum Ende des Kalpa währen.» Als der Götterkönig dies hörte, erfüllte ihn große Freude.

Word by Word

• आकल्पान्तसमम्: lasting/equal up to the end of a kalpa
• आकल्पान्तसमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकल्पान्त + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘आकल्पान्तपर्यन्तं समम्’ (equal up to the end of a kalpa)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(लिङ्गम्/स्थापनम्)’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• स्थिरम्: stable; firm
• स्थिरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन (dative singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having heard’

• देवराजः: king of the gods (Indra)
• देवराजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘देवानां राजा’)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात

• हर्षेण: with joy
• हर्षेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• महताऽन्वितः: endowed with great (joy)
• महताऽन्वितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अन्वितः: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (‘endowed’). महता: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘हर्षेण’ इत्यस्य विशेषण (great)

Speaker

Narrator (reporting guru’s assurance and Indra’s response)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āghāṭa (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic assurance: the speaker declares the liṅga will remain divine and unshakable until kalpa’s end; Indra reacts with expansive joy, body language uplifted.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Devarāja)
• Kalpa
• Liṅga (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous foundations—especially establishing Śiva’s liṅga at a holy place—are portrayed as enduring beyond ordinary time, bringing lasting spiritual stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same sacred precinct of Bālamaṇḍana/Harodbhava-liṅga, implied as a site whose sanctity endures ‘to kalpānta’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The fruit (phala) of liṅga-pratiṣṭhā is stated: divine stability lasting until the end of the kalpa.