Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तत्राहं वृश्चिकस्थेऽर्के सदा स्थास्यामि वासव । यावत्कुम्भस्य पर्यंतं तव वाक्यादसंशयम्

Transliteration

tatrāhaṃ vṛścikasthe'rke sadā sthāsyāmi vāsava | yāvatkumbhasya paryaṃtaṃ tava vākyādasaṃśayam

Translation

Allí habitaré siempre, oh Vāsava (Indra), desde cuando el Sol esté en Escorpio hasta el término de Acuario—por tu palabra, sin duda alguna.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वृश्चिकस्थे: when (the sun is) in Scorpio
• वृश्चिकस्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृश्चिक + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः: वृश्चिके स्थः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

• अर्के: in the sun; in Arka (the Sun)
• अर्के: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• स्थास्यामि: I shall stay
• स्थास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वासव: O Vāsava (Indra)
• वासव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• यावत्: until; up to the time when
• यावत्: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधिवाचक (limit-marker)

• कुम्भस्य: of Aquarius (Kumbha)
• कुम्भस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पर्यन्तम्: up to; until the end
• पर्यन्तम्: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: अव्यय; अवध्यर्थक (up to/end)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वाक्यात्: from (because of) the statement/word
• वाक्यात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• असंशयम्: without doubt; certainly
• असंशयम्: Prakarana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: certainly)

Speaker

Deva (contextually Śiva, promising to abide in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity vows to abide at Hāṭakeśvara during the solar passage from Scorpio to Aquarius; the sky shows shifting zodiac emblems, with the temple steady beneath.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsava (Indra)
• Arka (Sun)
• Vṛścika (Scorpio)
• Kumbha (Aquarius)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is made tangible through time and place—Śiva binds his presence to a kṣetra for devotees’ benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in Ānarta.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied pilgrimage window: worship and visitation during the period from Vṛścika to Kumbha are especially supported by Śiva’s abiding.