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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । अथान्यदपि तत्रास्ति सुपुण्यं लिंगसप्तकम् । येनार्चितेन दृष्टेन पूजितेन विशेषतः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | athānyadapi tatrāsti supuṇyaṃ liṃgasaptakam | yenārcitena dṛṣṭena pūjitena viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Sūta dit : De plus, il s’y trouve un groupe de sept liṅga d’un mérite suprême ; en les adorant, en les contemplant et surtout en les honorant par la pūjā, on obtient un grand mérite.

Word by Word
सूतःSūta (the narrator)
सूतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequence/then)
अन्यत्another (thing)
अन्यत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रयोग (pronominal)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
सुपुण्यम्very meritorious
सुपुण्यम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)
लिङ्गसप्तकम्a set of seven liṅgas
लिङ्गसप्तकम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग + सप्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'group of liṅgas')
येनby which
येन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
अर्चितेनby (its being) worshipped
अर्चितेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्च् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; 'अर्चित'
दृष्टेनby (its being) seen
दृष्टेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; 'दृष्ट'
पूजितेनby (its being) honored
पूजितेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; 'पूजित'
विशेषतःespecially
विशेषतः:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेषतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅga-saptaka (within the kṣetra)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (standard Sūta frame, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred enclosure with seven distinct liṅgas arranged in a line or circle; pilgrims move from one to the next offering flowers and lamps while a paurāṇika narrator (Sūta) speaks.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
L
Liṅga-saptaka (seven liṅgas)

FAQs

In tīrtha-māhātmya, even darśana (seeing) and arcana (worship) at a sanctified Śaiva site are taught as direct sources of puṇya.

The verse speaks of “there” (tatra), i.e., the Hāṭakeśvara sacred region being described in this Nāgara Khaṇḍa section.

Arcana (worship), darśana (beholding), and special pūjā to the liṅga-saptaka.

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