Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु भगवाञ्छशिशेखरः

Transliteration

etasminneva kāle tu bhagavāñchaśiśekharaḥ

Translation

En ce même temps, le Seigneur Bienheureux—Śaśiśekhara, Celui qui porte la Lune en diadème—

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; ‘in this’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed/just)

• kāle: at (the) time
• kāle: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; ‘at the time’

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (particle: but/indeed)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• śaśi: moon
• śaśi: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासे पूर्वपद; ‘moon’

• śekharaḥ: moon-crested (Śiva)
• śekharaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śekhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; (śaśi-śekharaḥ = one whose crest is the moon)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pause before revelation: the forest darkens slightly, the sky shows a crescent moon motif, and a distant luminous presence suggests Śiva’s approach. The maiden remains in meditation, unaware or just sensing the shift.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine response arrives at the ripened moment—Śiva’s presence is depicted as the culmination of sustained tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces Śiva within a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative but does not specify the tīrtha name in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a narrative transition announcing Śiva’s appearance.