Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

आकल्पांतसमं दिव्यं स्थिरं ते तद्भविष्यति । तच्छ्रुत्वा देवराजस्तु हर्षेण महताऽन्वितः

Transliteration

ākalpāṃtasamaṃ divyaṃ sthiraṃ te tadbhaviṣyati | tacchrutvā devarājastu harṣeṇa mahatā'nvitaḥ

Translation

‘ഇത് നിനക്കു കല്പാന്തം വരെ ദിവ്യവും സ്ഥിരവും ആയിരിക്കും.’ ഇതുകേട്ട് ദേവരാജൻ മഹാഹർഷത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• आकल्पान्तसमम्: lasting/equal up to the end of a kalpa
• आकल्पान्तसमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकल्पान्त + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘आकल्पान्तपर्यन्तं समम्’ (equal up to the end of a kalpa)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(लिङ्गम्/स्थापनम्)’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• स्थिरम्: stable; firm
• स्थिरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन (dative singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having heard’

• देवराजः: king of the gods (Indra)
• देवराजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘देवानां राजा’)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात

• हर्षेण: with joy
• हर्षेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• महताऽन्वितः: endowed with great (joy)
• महताऽन्वितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अन्वितः: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (‘endowed’). महता: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘हर्षेण’ इत्यस्य विशेषण (great)

Speaker

Narrator (reporting guru’s assurance and Indra’s response)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āghāṭa (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic assurance: the speaker declares the liṅga will remain divine and unshakable until kalpa’s end; Indra reacts with expansive joy, body language uplifted.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Devarāja)
• Kalpa
• Liṅga (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous foundations—especially establishing Śiva’s liṅga at a holy place—are portrayed as enduring beyond ordinary time, bringing lasting spiritual stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same sacred precinct of Bālamaṇḍana/Harodbhava-liṅga, implied as a site whose sanctity endures ‘to kalpānta’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The fruit (phala) of liṅga-pratiṣṭhā is stated: divine stability lasting until the end of the kalpa.