Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

त्वया चैव सदा लिंगे स्थेयमत्र सुरोत्तम । मम वाक्यादसंदिग्धं सर्वलोकहितार्थतः

Transliteration

tvayā caiva sadā liṃge stheyamatra surottama | mama vākyādasaṃdigdhaṃ sarvalokahitārthataḥ

Translation

„Und Du, o Bester unter den Göttern, sollst hier immerdar in diesem Liṅga verweilen. Nach meinem Wort ist dies ohne Zweifel — zum Wohle aller Welten.“

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Instrumental, Singular (by you)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्थेयम्: should remain/ought to stay
• स्थेयम्: Kriyā (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थेय (कृदन्त; तव्यत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Gerundive/obligatory: ‘is to be stayed/should remain’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सुरोत्तम: O best of gods
• सुरोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular; समासः: सुराणाम् उत्तमः (best of gods)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Genitive, Singular (my)

• वाक्यात्: from (my) word
• वाक्यात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative, Singular (from the statement/word)

• असंदिग्धम्: without doubt/certainly
• असंदिग्धम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + संदिग्ध (कृदन्त; सम्+दिह्/दिग्ध, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः: न संदिग्धम् (undoubted)

• सर्वलोकहितार्थतः: for the welfare of all worlds
• सर्वलोकहितार्थतः: Prayojana (Purpose adjunct/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + हित (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: तद्धितान्त-अव्यय (तसिल्/तस्-प्रत्यय) — ‘for the purpose of …’; समासः: सर्वलोकहितार्थ + तः (for the sake of the welfare of all worlds)

Speaker

Haṃsa (contextual: addressing Mahādeva/Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (addressed as sura-uttama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (Haṃsa) proclaims the deity’s perpetual residence in a liṅga; the liṅga stands central, newly sanctified, with celestial beings witnessing; atmosphere of consecration.

Characters & Entities

• Haṃsa
• Liṅga
• Mahādeva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes universally beneficent when the deity’s presence is affirmed there; worship at such a place is framed as loka-hita (welfare of all).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga-site described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 30, presented as a permanent seat of divine presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The theological prescription is permanence of presence in the liṅga—supporting ongoing worship, darśana, and pilgrimage merit.