Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

शिवस्य वचनात्तत्र तदा लिंगं तदद्भुतम् । तं दृष्ट्वा च सुरैस्तत्र यथानामानुकीर्त्तनम्

Transliteration

śivasya vacanāttatra tadā liṃgaṃ tadadbhutam | taṃ dṛṣṭvā ca suraistatra yathānāmānukīrttanam

Translation

ശിവന്റെ വചനത്താൽ അവിടെ ആ അത്ഭുത ലിംഗം അന്നേ പ്രാദുർഭവിച്ചു. അതു കണ്ട ദേവന്മാർ അവിടെ അതിന്റെ നാമം യഥാവിധി കീർത്തിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वचनात्: from the word/command
• वचनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्गम् इति)

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful
• अद्भुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तम्: that (it)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (लिङ्गम् प्रति)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Kartr/Agent (Doer/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• यथा: according to
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/अनुरूपता (as/according to)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (समास/कर्मप्रवचनीय-सन्निधौ ‘यथा-नाम’)

• अनुकीर्तनम्: recitation (of the name)
• अनुकीर्तनम्: Kriya/Result (Action-noun/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनु + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (ल्युट्/घञ् भाववाचक: ‘कीर्तन’ = recitation)

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta’s narration across the section; specific speaker not marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara Mahāliṅga (manifested)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wondrous liṅga stands manifested; devas gather in reverence, gazing upon it and chanting its name in praise, the atmosphere charged with sacred astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine speech and divine name are creative and liberating forces; nāma-kīrtana becomes a natural response to sacred manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred grove where the wondrous liṅga appears.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-anukīrtana—praising/reciting the established name of the liṅga—is indicated.