Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

वीर्यं वर्षसहस्राणि बहून्यपि सुसंचितम् । पृथिवीं सकलां व्याप्य स्थितं ददृशिरे द्विजाः

Transliteration

vīryaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi bahūnyapi susaṃcitam | pṛthivīṃ sakalāṃ vyāpya sthitaṃ dadṛśire dvijāḥ

Translation

Les deux-fois-nés virent une puissance immense—amassée durant de nombreux millénaires—se dresser au grand jour, pénétrant la terre entière.

Word by Word

• वीर्यम्: power, potency
• वीर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन; here as कर्म (object) with ददृशिरे

• वर्षसहस्राणि: thousands of years
• वर्षसहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), बहुवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), बहुवचन; विशेषण of वर्षसहस्राणि

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphatic/also

• सुसंचितम्: well-accumulated, well-stored
• सुसंचितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग) + सञ्चि (धातु) → सञ्चित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन; विशेषण of वीर्यम्

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन; with व्याप्य

• सकलाम्: entire, whole
• सकलाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन; विशेषण of पृथिवीम्

• व्याप्य: having pervaded
• व्याप्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (उपसर्ग) + आप्/आपॢ (धातु) → व्याप्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• स्थितम्: standing, present
• स्थितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन; विशेषण of वीर्यम्

• ददृशिरे: they saw
• ददृशिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद-रूप (classical usage)

• द्विजाः: Brahmins, twice-born
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), बहुवचन

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast, luminous field of power rising from the fallen liṅga area, spreading like a radiant mist across the earth; sages behold it with astonishment, hair and garments stirred by unseen force.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijas (Brāhmaṇas)
• Pṛthivī
• Tejas/Vīrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places embody accumulated spiritual power (tejas) that can transform the devotee and the land.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha connected to the great liṅga and the Narmadā-source region (contextually Amarakantaka).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it establishes the extraordinary sanctity and power of the locale.