Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

एकतो वैनतेयश्च वृषभश्चान्यतोऽभवत् । वामतो मेघवर्णाभो देहोऽश्मनिचयोपमः

Transliteration

ekato vainateyaśca vṛṣabhaścānyato'bhavat | vāmato meghavarṇābho deho'śmanicayopamaḥ

Translation

D’un côté se tenait Vainateya (Garuḍa), et de l’autre apparut le Taureau (Nandin). À gauche, le corps brillait d’une teinte nuageuse, semblable à un amas de rochers.

Word by Word

• एकतः: on one side
• एकतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (on one side)

• वैनतेयः: Vainateya (Garuḍa)
• वैनतेयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैनतेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वृषभः: the bull
• वृषभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अन्यतः: on the other side
• अन्यतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (on the other side)

• अभवत्: was/became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वामतः: on the left
• वामतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (to the left)

• मेघवर्णाभः: having the hue of clouds
• मेघवर्णाभः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेघ (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + आभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘मेघवर्णस्य आभा यस्य’ (cloud-colored in appearance)

• देहः: the body
• देहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• अश्मनिचयोपमः: like a pile of rocks
• अश्मनिचयोपमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + निचय (प्रातिपदिक) + उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘अश्मनिचयस्य उपमः’ (like a heap of stones)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual narration within the chapter; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The composite deity is flanked or accompanied by Garuḍa on one side and Nandin on the other; the left half is cloud-dark like a rock-mass, emphasizing powerful solidity.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa (Vainateya)
• Nandin (Bull of Śiva)
• Harihara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine unity is expressed through shared emblems; what seems divided outwardly is one reality inwardly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not identified in this verse; it describes the manifested form within the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.