Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

श्रीरागः प्रथमः पुत्र ईश्वरस्य विमोहनः । आसां चक्रे भ्रुवोर्मध्ये परब्रह्म प्रदायकः

Transliteration

śrīrāgaḥ prathamaḥ putra īśvarasya vimohanaḥ | āsāṃ cakre bhruvormadhye parabrahma pradāyakaḥ

Translation

Śrīrāga war der erste Sohn Īśvaras, der die Herzen betört. Zwischen den Augenbrauen setzte er das heilige Zeichen und verlieh die Gabe der Verwirklichung des höchsten Brahman, des Parabrahman.

Word by Word

• श्रीरागः: Śrīrāga (name)
• श्रीरागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + राग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); समास: श्री-राग (श्रीसम्बन्धी रागः)

• प्रथमः: first
• प्रथमः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Apposition/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• ईश्वरस्य: of Īśvara
• ईश्वरस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• विमोहनः: deluding, enchanting
• विमोहनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमोहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• आसाम्: of these (fem.)
• आसाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• चक्रे: made, created
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• भ्रुवोः: of the two eyebrows
• भ्रुवोः: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण) (with मध्ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), षष्ठी/सप्तमी (6th/7th case), द्विवचन (dual)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable) used as स्थानवाचक (locative adverb): ‘मध्ये’

• परब्रह्म: supreme Brahman
• परब्रह्म: Karma (Object/कर्म) (as what is given)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर + ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रातिपदिकरूपेण (as nominal stem) / प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; समास: परं ब्रह्म (supreme Brahman)

• प्रदायकः: giver, bestower
• प्रदायकः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + दायक (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दा धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Deductive: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa narrating to sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śrīrāga, radiant and captivating, marks or energizes the point between the eyebrows (bhrūmadhya) of devotees, emitting a beam of insight that grants realization of the Supreme Brahman; Śiva’s presence is implied as the source behind him.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīrāga
• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Parabrahman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner focus at the brow-center is linked with higher realization; the verse ties sacred sound (rāga) and Śiva’s grace to parabrahma-jñāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The site is not named in the shloka; the tīrtha-māhātmya setting frames these bestowals as part of a sacred locale’s glory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied practice of placing a mark/tilaka at the space between the eyebrows is referenced, but no full procedural detail is given.