Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

तथा तवापि यौ हस्तौ छिन्नावेतावुभावपि । तस्मिन्योगेऽभिषेकात्तौः स्यातां भूयोऽपि तादृशौ

Transliteration

tathā tavāpi yau hastau chinnāvetāvubhāvapi | tasminyoge'bhiṣekāttauḥ syātāṃ bhūyo'pi tādṛśau

Translation

So auch deine beiden Hände — obgleich beide abgetrennt — werden durch die weihende Abhiṣeka-Waschung in jenem glückverheißenden Yoga wieder so werden wie zuvor.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री/नपुं (त्रिलिङ्ग), षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• यौ: which two
• यौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), द्विवचन

• हस्तौ: hands (two)
• हस्तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), द्विवचन

• छिन्नौ: cut off
• छिन्नौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिद् (धातु) → छिन्न (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विशेषण

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• योगे: in the conjunction/auspicious time
• योगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अभिषेकात्: from/through the consecratory bathing
• अभिषेकात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• स्याताम्: may become
• स्याताम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूयः: again, once more
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• तादृशौ: like that, of the same kind
• तादृशौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A severed-handed devotee stands at a sacred bathing place during an auspicious conjunction; divine radiance (Sūrya) sanctifies the abhiṣeka as the hands are promised to be restored.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Abhiṣeka
• Śaṅkha (implied devotee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecration rites performed at an auspicious time, grounded in devotion, are depicted as channels of Śiva’s restorative power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga-centered tīrtha of Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 209—where abhiṣeka and worship are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka (ritual ablution/consecration) performed at the specified auspicious conjunction (yoga) connected to the Lord’s presence.