Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

सिद्धसेन उवाच । कथं शंखेश्वरो देवः संजातो वद सन्मुने

Transliteration

siddhasena uvāca | kathaṃ śaṃkheśvaro devaḥ saṃjāto vada sanmune

Translation

Siddhasena dit : « Ô muni saint, dis-moi : comment le dieu Śaṃkheśvara s’est-il manifesté ? »

Word by Word

• siddhasenaḥ: Siddhasena
• siddhasenaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhasena (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (कर्ता), एकवचनम्

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• katham: how
• katham: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-अव्ययम् (interrogative adverb)

• śaṃkheśvaraḥ: Śaṅkheśvara
• śaṃkheśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkha + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (कर्ता), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शंखस्य ईश्वरः)

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; apposition (समानााधिकरण)

• saṃjātaḥ: was born, arose
• saṃjātaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + jan (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकृदन्तम् (past active participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• vada: tell
• vada: Preraka (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• sanmune: O good sage
• sanmune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (सन् मुनिः = उत्तमः मुनिः)

Speaker

Siddhasena

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkheśvara / Śaṅkhatīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A holy sage (sadmune), contextually Nārada as respondent in next verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Siddhasena, hands folded, asks a venerable sage about the manifestation of Śaṅkheśvara; the setting suggests a sacred precinct where stories are told.

Characters & Entities

• Siddhasena
• Śaṃkheśvara
• Sage (muni, i.e., Nārada)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inquiry into a deity’s manifestation invites the revelation of a tīrtha’s sanctity and the dharmic causes behind sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṃkheśvara’s manifestation is tied to Śaṃkhatīrtha in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces an origin narrative (utpatti-kathā).