Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ततस्ते दानवाः शेषा ज्ञात्वा तल्लिंगसंभवम् । माहात्म्यं वृषनाथस्य क्षेत्रस्यास्योद्भवस्य च

Transliteration

tataste dānavāḥ śeṣā jñātvā talliṃgasaṃbhavam | māhātmyaṃ vṛṣanāthasya kṣetrasyāsyodbhavasya ca

Translation

Then the remaining Dānavas, learning of the origin of that Liṅga, came to know the greatness of Vṛṣanātha and also the sacred manifestation of this holy kṣetra.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमवाचक)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural, masc.)

• दानवाः: the Dānavas
• दानवाः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural, masc.)

• शेषाः: remaining
• शेषाः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural, masc.); विशेषणम्

• ज्ञात्वा: having learned
• ज्ञात्वा: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) = having known/learned

• तत्-लिङ्ग-संभवम्: the origin of that liṅga
• तत्-लिङ्ग-संभवम्: Karma (Object of gerund/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular); समासः: तस्य लिङ्गस्य संभवः (origin/manifestation of that liṅga)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness, sacred glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, neut.)

• वृषनाथस्य: of Vṛṣanātha
• वृषनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषनाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive singular, masc.)

• क्षेत्रस्य: of the sacred field (kṣetra)
• क्षेत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive singular, neut.)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive singular); deictic pronoun

• उद्भवस्य: of the origin
• उद्भवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive singular, masc.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛṣanātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The remaining dānavas, humbled, listen and learn the origin of the Liṅga; the Vṛṣanātha shrine or a radiant Liṅga appears as the focal point, emanating light that transforms their demeanor from hostility to reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Dānavas
• Vṛṣanātha
• Liṅga
• Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even opponents are transformed when they recognize the divine origin of a sacred symbol and the māhātmya of its kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vṛṣanātha-liṅga and the associated kṣetra (holy region) being praised in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse does not prescribe a rite; it introduces the recognition of the liṅga’s origin and the kṣetra’s glory.