Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

लिंगानां तद्भवेन्नित्यं सत्यसंधस्य भूपतेः । कामदं भक्तजंतूनां सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

liṃgānāṃ tadbhavennityaṃ satyasaṃdhasya bhūpateḥ | kāmadaṃ bhaktajaṃtūnāṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

Ce liṅga devint le liṅga toujours demeurant du roi lié par le vœu de vérité ; pour les êtres dévots, il accorde les désirs et détruit tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• लिङ्गानाम्: of the liṅgas
• लिङ्गानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th) बहुवचन

• तत्: that (one/it)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; अत्र क्रियापदस्य (भवेत्) सह विषय/प्रत्ययार्थक

• भवेत्: would be; should become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भू)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative) परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचन-प्रयोगः) — 'always'

• सत्य-सन्धस्य: of the truth-keeping (vow-true)
• सत्य-सन्धस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (सत्ये सन्धा यस्य = true to his vow)

• भूपतेः: of the king
• भूपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन

• कामदम्: wish-granting
• कामदम्: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्गस्य/तत् इत्यस्य)

• भक्त-जन्तूनाम्: of the devoted beings
• भक्त-जन्तूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th) बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (भक्ताः जन्तवः)

• सर्व-पातक-नाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्व-पातक-नाशनम्: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; √नश् (नश्) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nitya-liṅga of the satya-saṅdha king (name not specified)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A steadfast king (satya-saṅdha) stands beside an ever-present liṅga; devotees approach with offerings, receiving blessings symbolized by light and flowing water of abhiṣeka.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• King (bhūpati)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast truth and devotion sanctify kingship; worship of Śiva at a tīrtha purifies sin and fulfils worthy aspirations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha of this Nāgarakhaṇḍa chapter is praised through the liṅga’s qualities (kāmada, pāpa-nāśana), even if the site-name is not stated in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, regular liṅga worship by devotees is upheld as the means to obtain boons and the destruction of sins.