Shloka 33 - Adhyaya 88 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Marathi | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

लंबकर्ण्यो विकर्ण्यश्च शूर्पकर्ण्यस्तथा पराः । शंकुकर्ण्यः कुकर्ण्यश्च बहुकर्ण्यः सुकर्णिकाः

Transliteration

laṃbakarṇyo vikarṇyaśca śūrpakarṇyastathā parāḥ | śaṃkukarṇyaḥ kukarṇyaśca bahukarṇyaḥ sukarṇikāḥ

Translation

काहींचे कान लोंबते होते, काहींचे कान विकृत होते, तर काहींचे कान सूपासारखे होते। काहींचे कान शंकूसारखे, काहींचे कुरूप, तर काहींचे अनेक किंवा सुंदर कान होते।

Word by Word

लम्बकर्ण्यःthe long-eared (fem. beings)

विकर्ण्यःthe deformed/odd-eared (fem.)

चand

शूर्पकर्ण्यःthe winnowing-fan-eared (fem.)

तथाlikewise

पराःothers

शङ्कुकर्ण्यःthe cone-eared (fem.)

कुकर्ण्यःthe ill-eared (fem.)

चand

बहुकर्ण्यःthe many-eared (fem.)

सुकर्णिकाःthe well-eared / having fine ears (fem.)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of fierce śakti-beings with strikingly varied ear-shapes—drooping, winnow-like, cone-like, many-eared, and beautiful-eared—standing in ranks, their faces intense, suggesting a supernatural militia.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The catalog of forms underscores that spiritual reality is not confined to ordinary norms; the listener is guided toward humility and steadiness in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is embedded in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 88); the verse itself does not specify the tīrtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is prescribed in this verse.