Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तत्तथा भविता सर्वमप्यत्रस्थं सदैव हि । एवमुक्त्वा गते विष्णौ निवेश्य स्वकलां प्रभो

Transliteration

tattathā bhavitā sarvamapyatrasthaṃ sadaiva hi | evamuktvā gate viṣṇau niveśya svakalāṃ prabho

Translation

“അത് എല്ലാം അങ്ങനെ തന്നെയാകും; ഇവിടെ നിത്യവും നിലനിൽക്കും.” എന്ന് അരുളിച്ചെയ്ത്, വിഷ്ണു പോയശേഷം പ്രഭു തന്റെ ദിവ്യാംശം ഇവിടെ സ്ഥാപിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma/Pratipādya (That which is referred to)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश (that/it)

• तथा: so, in that way
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• भविता: will be
• भविता: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘will be/will happen’

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषण/संज्ञा

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• अत्रस्थम्: situated here
• अत्रस्थम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of ‘सर्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अव्ययपूर्वपद: ‘अत्र स्थितम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (located here)

• सदैव: always
• सदैव: Kriya-visheshaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (always)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/Reason particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु-सूचक (indeed/for)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having said’

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute condition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) with ‘विष्णौ’

• विष्णौ: in/when Viṣṇu (had gone)
• विष्णौ: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• निवेश्य: having installed
• निवेश्य: Purvakala-kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + विश् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having placed/installed’

• स्वकलाम्: his own portion/energy
• स्वकलाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘स्वा कला’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu departs into the sky; the presiding Lord remains and installs a radiant divine portion into the sacred ground/altar, causing the site to glow with perpetual sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Kalā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes permanently potent when the divine presence is established there; sacred geography is sustained by divine will and rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes perpetual abiding ‘here’ (atra-stham) in the chapter’s sacred locale; the name is not in the excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Niveśana/sthāpanā—placing or installing a divine portion (kalā) so it remains eternally at the site.