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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

गालव उवाच । तस्मिंस्तु पतिते लिंगे योजनायामविस्तृते । विषादार्त्ता ऋषिगणास्तत्राजग्मुः सहस्रशः

Transliteration

gālava uvāca | tasmiṃstu patite liṃge yojanāyāmavistṛte | viṣādārttā ṛṣigaṇāstatrājagmuḥ sahasraśaḥ

Translation

Gālava dit : Lorsque ce liṅga fut tombé et s’étendit sur toute une yojana, des troupes de sages, accablées de chagrin, s’y rendirent par milliers.

Word by Word
gālavaḥGālava
gālavaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgālava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच्)
Formलिट् लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)
tasminwhen/therein
tasmin:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter, referring to event/context), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
tuthen/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, विरोध/अन्वयबोधक (particle: but/indeed)
patitewhen (it was) fallen
patite:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Root√pat (पत्) क्त (PPP)
Formकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘liṅge’)
liṅgein/when the liṅga
liṅge:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootliṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
yojanāyāmwithin a yojana (extent)
yojanāyām:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyojanā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
avistṛtenot expanded / unspread
avistṛte:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Roota- + vistṛta (√stṛ, क्त)
Formकृदन्त (PPP/क्त) with नञ्-निषेध (negative a-), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘liṅge’/context)
viṣāda-ārttāḥdistressed with sorrow
viṣāda-ārttāḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootviṣāda (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (√ar, क्त)
Formसमास: तत्पुरुष ‘विषाद-आर्त’ (afflicted by grief); पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण (qualifying ‘ṛṣi-gaṇāḥ’)
ṛṣi-gaṇāḥgroups of sages
ṛṣi-gaṇāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास: तत्पुरुष ‘ऋषिगण’; पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)
ājagmuḥcame
ājagmuḥ:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√gam (गम्)
Formलिट् लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)
sahasraśaḥby the thousand / in thousands
sahasraśaḥ:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsahasraśas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (distributive adverb: by thousands)
Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast fallen liṅga stretching across the landscape; thousands of sages arriving in distress, their matted hair and deer-skins fluttering, dust rising from their steps.

Characters & Entities
G
Gālava
Ṛ
Ṛṣis
L
Liṅga (Śiva)

FAQs

When a sacred manifestation of Śiva appears, the wise respond with urgency and reverence, not indifference.

The verse sets the scene for a Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha connected to a fallen/manifest liṅga, developed further in the following verses (linked with Narmadā and Amarakantaka).

None directly here; it describes the sages’ gathering as a response to the liṅga’s manifestation.

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