Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तत्राहं वृश्चिकस्थेऽर्के सदा स्थास्यामि वासव । यावत्कुम्भस्य पर्यंतं तव वाक्यादसंशयम्

Transliteration

tatrāhaṃ vṛścikasthe'rke sadā sthāsyāmi vāsava | yāvatkumbhasya paryaṃtaṃ tava vākyādasaṃśayam

Translation

ହେ ବାସବ! ସେଠାରେ ମୁଁ ସଦା ବସିବି—ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ବୃଶ୍ଚିକରେ ଥିବା ସମୟରୁ କୁମ୍ଭର ଶେଷ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ; ତୁମ ବଚନ ହେତୁ ଏଥିରେ ସନ୍ଦେହ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वृश्चिकस्थे: when (the sun is) in Scorpio
• वृश्चिकस्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृश्चिक + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः: वृश्चिके स्थः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष)

• अर्के: in the sun; in Arka (the Sun)
• अर्के: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• स्थास्यामि: I shall stay
• स्थास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वासव: O Vāsava (Indra)
• वासव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• यावत्: until; up to the time when
• यावत्: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधिवाचक (limit-marker)

• कुम्भस्य: of Aquarius (Kumbha)
• कुम्भस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पर्यन्तम्: up to; until the end
• पर्यन्तम्: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: अव्यय; अवध्यर्थक (up to/end)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वाक्यात्: from (because of) the statement/word
• वाक्यात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• असंशयम्: without doubt; certainly
• असंशयम्: Prakarana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: certainly)

Speaker

Deva (contextually Śiva, promising to abide in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity vows to abide at Hāṭakeśvara during the solar passage from Scorpio to Aquarius; the sky shows shifting zodiac emblems, with the temple steady beneath.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsava (Indra)
• Arka (Sun)
• Vṛścika (Scorpio)
• Kumbha (Aquarius)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is made tangible through time and place—Śiva binds his presence to a kṣetra for devotees’ benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in Ānarta.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied pilgrimage window: worship and visitation during the period from Vṛścika to Kumbha are especially supported by Śiva’s abiding.