Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

बर्करेशः शिवस्तत्र तया संस्थापितस्तदा । मन्मुखान्महादाश्चर्यं श्रुत्वेदं च तलातलात्

Transliteration

barkareśaḥ śivastatra tayā saṃsthāpitastadā | manmukhānmahādāścaryaṃ śrutvedaṃ ca talātalāt

Translation

അവിടെ അന്നേ സമയം അവൾ ശിവനെ ‘ബർക്കരേശൻ’ ആയി സ്ഥാപിച്ചു. എന്റെ വായിൽ നിന്നു ഈ മഹാദ്ഭുതം കേട്ടതോടെ—തലാതലത്തിലും അത് പ്രസിദ്ധമായി.

Word by Word

• barkareśaḥ: Barkareśa
• barkareśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: barkarī + īśa (ईश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: बर्कर्याः ईशः (lord of Barkarī / Barkareśa)

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (शिव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (तत्र अव्यय)
• Form: देश-बोधक अव्यय (adverb: there)

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्तृ-हेतु), एकवचन

• saṃsthāpitaḥ: was स्थापित/installed
• saṃsthāpitaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + sthā (स्था धातु) + causative sthāpaya + saṃsthāpita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; passive sense ‘was स्थापित’

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (तदा अव्यय)
• Form: काल-बोधक अव्यय (adverb: then)

• mat: my
• mat: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (मद्/अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; in compound with mukha

• mukhāt: from (the) mouth
• mukhāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (मुख प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• mahā: great
• mahā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (महा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् पूर्वपद-विशेषण; here qualifying āścarya

• āścaryam: wonder
• āścaryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya (आश्चर्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-भाव (gerund), ‘having heard’

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• talātalāt: from the netherworld (Talātala)
• talātalāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: talātala (तलातल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; समास: तल + अतल (nether regions)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Barkareśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kurūsattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kumārī consecrates Śiva as Barkareśa; the shrine’s sanctity becomes renowned, echoing through all realms including Pātāla.

Characters & Entities

• Barkareśa (Śiva)
• Kumārī
• Talātala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A consecrated liṅga anchors Śiva’s presence in a specific place, turning it into a lasting field of merit (puṇya-kṣetra).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Barkareśa—Śiva established at this location by Kumārī—becomes the central sacred site of this passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-saṁsthāpana (pratiṣṭhā/consecration) is the implied ritual act that founds the shrine’s sanctity.