Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु वागुवाचाशरीरिणी । मा त्वं कुरु विषादं हि लिंगार्थे विदुराधुना

Transliteration

etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī | mā tvaṃ kuru viṣādaṃ hi liṃgārthe vidurādhunā

Translation

In eben dieser Zeit sprach eine körperlose Stimme: „Vidura, betrübe dich jetzt nicht um des Liṅga willen.“

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular: ‘in this’)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक (particle: just/indeed)

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• तु: then/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/अनुवादार्थक (particle)

• वाक्: a voice
• वाक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• उवाच: said, spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person singular)

• अशरीरिणी: bodiless
• अशरीरिणी: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-शरीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying वाक्)

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (Prohibition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (prohibitive particle)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject of kuru/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun, Nominative, Singular)

• कुरु: do, make
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Imperative, 2nd person singular)

• विषादम्: despondency, grief
• विषादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Reason/emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक (particle: for/indeed)

• लिङ्गार्थे: regarding the liṅga
• लिङ्गार्थे: Adhikarana (Topic/locative—regarding/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• विदुर: O Vidura
• विदुर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal setting/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (indeclinable adverb: now)

Speaker

Aśarīriṇī Vāk (bodiless divine voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vidureśvara / Devadroṇī

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vidura

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vidura stands in the grove; from the sky, unseen, a luminous presence manifests as radiating sound-waves; birds pause, leaves still, and the atmosphere turns calm as the voice consoles him.

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Liṅga (Vidureśvara implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In sacred narratives, divine guidance arrives when devotion is tested; despair is replaced by instruction and renewed purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing episode concerns the Vidureśvara liṅga/tīrtha; the voice addresses the situation at that place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is a consoling command to abandon grief regarding the liṅga.