Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

तमेकं दिवसं चात्र शृंगे तव हरः स्वयम् । अस्माभिः सहितस्तुष्टो निवासं प्रकरिष्यति

Transliteration

tamekaṃ divasaṃ cātra śṛṃge tava haraḥ svayam | asmābhiḥ sahitastuṣṭo nivāsaṃ prakariṣyati

Translation

Und für nur einen Tag hier, auf deinem Gipfel, wird Hara selbst (Śiva)—zufrieden und von uns begleitet—Wohnsitz nehmen.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दिवसम्: day
• दिवसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• शृङ्गे: on the peak
• शृङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वयम्-शब्दः (indeclinable: emphatic)

• अस्माभिः: with us / by us
• अस्माभिः: Sahakarana (Association/सहकारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• सहितः: accompanied (together)
• सहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निवासम्: dwelling, residence
• निवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रकरिष्यति: will make / will establish
• प्रकरिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + प्र
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Indra (Sahasrākṣa) (contextual; inferred from following verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-śṛṅga / Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: naga-ātmaja (son of the mountain)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the summit, Hara manifests and abides for a single day, pleased, with Indra and the devas gathered around—an epiphany scene of concentrated sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Hāṭakeśvara (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely sanctified when Śiva is said to ‘dwell’ there, even for a fixed sacred duration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The peak (śṛṅga) associated with Hāṭakeśvara, within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed rite is specified; the verse highlights the auspicious occasion of Śiva’s manifested presence at the site.