Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

विजयं चैव काश्मीरे जयन्तं मरुकेश्वरे । हरिश्चन्द्रे हरं चैव पुरश्चन्द्रे च शंकरम्

Transliteration

vijayaṃ caiva kāśmīre jayantaṃ marukeśvare | hariścandre haraṃ caiva puraścandre ca śaṃkaram

Translation

കാശ്മീരത്തിൽ അദ്ദേഹം ‘വിജയ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധൻ; മരുകേശ്വരത്തിൽ ‘ജയന്ത’ എന്നായി. ഹരിശ്ചന്ദ്ര തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ‘ഹര’ രൂപത്തിൽ പൂജ്യൻ; പുരശ്ചന്ദ്രത്തിൽ ‘ശങ്കര’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ ആരാധ്യൻ.

Word by Word

• विजयम्: Vijaya (name/epithet)
• विजयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• काश्मीरे: in Kashmir
• काश्मीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्मीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• जयन्तम्: Jayanta (name/epithet)
• जयन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• मरुकेश्वरे: at Marukeśvara
• मरुकेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुक + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मरुकस्य ईश्वरः)

• हरिश्चन्द्रे: at Hariścandra (place/name)
• हरिश्चन्द्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (हरिः च चन्द्रः) नामरूपेण

• हरम्: Hara (Śiva)
• हरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• पुरश्चन्द्रे: at Puraścandra (place/name)
• पुरश्चन्द्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरस् + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (पुरस्तात् स्थितः चन्द्रः/पुरश्चन्द्रः) नामरूपेण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśmīra (Vijaya); Marukeśvara (Jayanta); Hariścandra (Hara); Puraścandra (Śaṅkara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-map tableau: four small shrine-vignettes labeled Kāśmīra (snowy valley), Marukeśvara (desert-edge shrine), Hariścandra (forest hermitage shrine), and Puraścandra (moonlit town shrine), each with a liṅga radiating the corresponding name—Vijaya, Jayanta, Hara, Śaṅkara—yet all connected by a single golden thread to Mahādeva.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kāśmīra
• Marukeśvara
• Hariścandra
• Puraścandra
• Vijaya
• Jayanta
• Hara
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord grants both inner and outer victory; remembering his victorious names across tīrthas strengthens dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśmīra, Marukeśvara, Hariścandra, and Puraścandra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual appears; the focus is on identifying Śiva’s worship-name at each location.