Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

लिंगरूपेण भगवान्प्रादुर्भूतः स्वयं हरः । स्मरणाद्दर्शनाच्चैव सर्वसिद्धिप्रदः सदा

Transliteration

liṃgarūpeṇa bhagavānprādurbhūtaḥ svayaṃ haraḥ | smaraṇāddarśanāccaiva sarvasiddhipradaḥ sadā

Translation

ഭഗവാൻ ഹരൻ സ്വയം ലിംഗരൂപത്തിൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷനായിരിക്കുന്നു; അവനെ സ്മരിക്കുന്നതിലും ദർശിക്കുന്നതിലും മാത്രം അവൻ എപ്പോഴും സർവ്വ സിദ്ധികളും നൽകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• लिङ्गरूपेण: in the form of a liṅga
• लिङ्गरूपेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक; लिङ्ग + रूप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (liṅgasya rūpam: ‘in the form of a liṅga’)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (masculine nominative singular)

• प्रादुर्भूतः: manifested, appeared
• प्रादुर्भूतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prādur-√भू (धातु) + क्त (भूत)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (past participle: ‘manifested/appeared’)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्वतः (indeclinable: ‘himself’)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (masculine nominative singular; epithet of Śiva)

• स्मरणात्: from remembrance
• स्मरणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (neuter ablative singular: ‘from/by remembrance’)

• दर्शनात्: from seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (neuter ablative singular: ‘from/by seeing’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपातः (conjunction: ‘and’)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपातः (particle of emphasis: ‘indeed/just’)

• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदः: bestower of all attainments
• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-siddhi-prada (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + सिद्धि + प्रद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (sarvāḥ siddhīḥ pradadāti: bestower of all siddhis)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable: ‘always’)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara / Siddheśvara-liṅga (contextual)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic yet serene manifestation: a liṅga emerging from the earth or shining forth in the sanctum; devotees experience siddhi through mere sight and remembrance, shown as radiant calm around their heads/hearts.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• Bhagavān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is made easy: remembrance and darśana of Śiva at a sacred shrine are declared sufficient to yield spiritual success.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga manifestation associated with Siddheśvara/Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (remembering) and darśana (seeing) are highlighted as efficacious devotional acts.