Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे वाणी संजाता गगनांगणे । शरीररहिता दिव्या मेघगम्भीरनिःस्वना

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare vāṇī saṃjātā gaganāṃgaṇe | śarīrarahitā divyā meghagambhīraniḥsvanā

Translation

その折、天空の広がりに一つの声が起こった――身なき神妙なる声で、雷雲のように深く響き渡った。

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the meantime/interval
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘अन्तरे’ = in the interval

• वाणी: a voice
• वाणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• संजाता: arose, came into being
• संजाता: Kriya (Main predication/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियार्थे ‘उत्पन्ना अभवत्’

• गगनाङ्गणे: in the courtyard/expanse of the sky
• गगनाङ्गणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गगनस्य अङ्गणम्)

• शरीररहिता: bodiless
• शरीररहिता: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + रहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शरीरेण रहिता = devoid of body)

• दिव्या: divine
• दिव्या: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• मेघगम्भीरनिःस्वना: having a sound deep like thunderclouds
• मेघगम्भीरनिःस्वना: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेघ (प्रातिपदिक) + गम्भीर (प्रातिपदिक) + निःस्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुपद-कर्मधारयः: मेघवत् गम्भीरः निःस्वनः यस्याः

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Open sky over the shrine; no figure appears, yet a palpable voice reverberates like thunder—clouds gather, light shafts descend, the devotee looks upward in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Divine voice (Ākāśavāṇī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At holy sites, divine response may manifest as revelation—guidance that confirms the devotee’s tapas and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the Amareśvara liṅga’s presence; the heavenly voice confirms the sanctity of the locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a revelatory event (ākāśavāṇī).