Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

श्रीरागः प्रथमः पुत्र ईश्वरस्य विमोहनः । आसां चक्रे भ्रुवोर्मध्ये परब्रह्म प्रदायकः

Transliteration

śrīrāgaḥ prathamaḥ putra īśvarasya vimohanaḥ | āsāṃ cakre bhruvormadhye parabrahma pradāyakaḥ

Translation

ഈശ്വരന്റെ ആദ്യപുത്രൻ ശ്രീരാഗൻ മനോഹരനായിരുന്നു. അദ്ദേഹം ഭ്രൂമധ്യേ തിലകചിഹ്നം സ്ഥാപിച്ചു; അത് പരബ്രഹ്മജ്ഞാനം പ്രസാദിക്കുന്നതാണ്.

Word by Word

• श्रीरागः: Śrīrāga (name)
• श्रीरागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + राग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular); समास: श्री-राग (श्रीसम्बन्धी रागः)

• प्रथमः: first
• प्रथमः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Apposition/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• ईश्वरस्य: of Īśvara
• ईश्वरस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• विमोहनः: deluding, enchanting
• विमोहनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमोहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• आसाम्: of these (fem.)
• आसाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• चक्रे: made, created
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• भ्रुवोः: of the two eyebrows
• भ्रुवोः: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण) (with मध्ये)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), षष्ठी/सप्तमी (6th/7th case), द्विवचन (dual)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable) used as स्थानवाचक (locative adverb): ‘मध्ये’

• परब्रह्म: supreme Brahman
• परब्रह्म: Karma (Object/कर्म) (as what is given)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर + ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रातिपदिकरूपेण (as nominal stem) / प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; समास: परं ब्रह्म (supreme Brahman)

• प्रदायकः: giver, bestower
• प्रदायकः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + दायक (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दा धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Deductive: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa narrating to sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śrīrāga, radiant and captivating, marks or energizes the point between the eyebrows (bhrūmadhya) of devotees, emitting a beam of insight that grants realization of the Supreme Brahman; Śiva’s presence is implied as the source behind him.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīrāga
• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Parabrahman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner focus at the brow-center is linked with higher realization; the verse ties sacred sound (rāga) and Śiva’s grace to parabrahma-jñāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The site is not named in the shloka; the tīrtha-māhātmya setting frames these bestowals as part of a sacred locale’s glory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied practice of placing a mark/tilaka at the space between the eyebrows is referenced, but no full procedural detail is given.