Shloka 33 - Adhyaya 88 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | French | Vedapath

Vyasa

←Previous VerseNext Verse→

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

लंबकर्ण्यो विकर्ण्यश्च शूर्पकर्ण्यस्तथा पराः । शंकुकर्ण्यः कुकर्ण्यश्च बहुकर्ण्यः सुकर्णिकाः

Transliteration

laṃbakarṇyo vikarṇyaśca śūrpakarṇyastathā parāḥ | śaṃkukarṇyaḥ kukarṇyaśca bahukarṇyaḥ sukarṇikāḥ

Translation

Les unes avaient les oreilles pendantes, d’autres des oreilles difformes ; d’autres encore des oreilles semblables à un van. Certaines avaient des oreilles en forme de cône, d’autres de mauvaises oreilles ; d’autres enfin avaient de nombreuses oreilles ou de belles oreilles.

Word by Word

लम्बकर्ण्यःthe long-eared (fem. beings)

विकर्ण्यःthe deformed/odd-eared (fem.)

चand

शूर्पकर्ण्यःthe winnowing-fan-eared (fem.)

तथाlikewise

पराःothers

शङ्कुकर्ण्यःthe cone-eared (fem.)

कुकर्ण्यःthe ill-eared (fem.)

चand

बहुकर्ण्यःthe many-eared (fem.)

सुकर्णिकाःthe well-eared / having fine ears (fem.)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of fierce śakti-beings with strikingly varied ear-shapes—drooping, winnow-like, cone-like, many-eared, and beautiful-eared—standing in ranks, their faces intense, suggesting a supernatural militia.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The catalog of forms underscores that spiritual reality is not confined to ordinary norms; the listener is guided toward humility and steadiness in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is embedded in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 88); the verse itself does not specify the tīrtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is prescribed in this verse.