Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

एतस्मात्कारणाल्लिंगं पूज्यतेऽत्र सुरासुरैः । हरस्य चोत्तमांगानि परित्यज्य विशेषतः

Transliteration

etasmātkāraṇālliṃgaṃ pūjyate'tra surāsuraiḥ | harasya cottamāṃgāni parityajya viśeṣataḥ

Translation

C’est pour cette raison même que le liṅga d’ici est adoré par les dieux comme par les asura ; en particulier, en mettant de côté les autres aspects et membres suprêmes de Hara (Śiva).

Word by Word

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• कारणात्: because of the reason
• कारणात्: Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन (Singular)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Grammatical subject of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन (Singular)

• पूज्यते: is worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

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

• सुर-असुरैः: by gods and demons
• सुर-असुरैः: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura + asura (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन (Plural); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (gods and demons)

• हरस्य: of Hara (Śiva)
• हरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• उत्तम-अङ्गानि: the best limbs (noble parts)
• उत्तम-अङ्गानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttama + aṅga (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारयः (excellent limbs)

• परित्यज्य: having left aside
• परित्यज्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having abandoned’

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (especially, particularly)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa lineage within Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas and asuras together offering flowers and lamps to a central liṅga; weapons laid aside; the liṅga radiates, drawing all eyes; Śiva’s other iconographic limbs fade into the background to emphasize the emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devas
• Asuras
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s liṅga can be so potent that all beings—devas and asuras alike—honor it as a unique focus of Śiva-worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular liṅga-site within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the name is not included in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse emphasizes liṅga-pūjā at this place; no specific offering sequence is stated here.