Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य विदुरस्तत्र चागतः । दृष्ट्वा लोपगतं लिंगं दुःखेन महतान्वितः

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya vidurastatra cāgataḥ | dṛṣṭvā lopagataṃ liṃgaṃ duḥkhena mahatānvitaḥ

Translation

କିଛି ସମୟ ପରେ ବିଦୁର ସେଠାକୁ ଆସିଲେ; ଲିଙ୍ଗଟି ଦୃଶ୍ୟରୁ ଲୋପ ପାଇଥିବା ଦେଖି ସେ ମହା ଦୁଃଖରେ ଆବୃତ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कश्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Genitive singular: ‘of some’)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/अनुवादार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रमार्थक (then)

• कालस्य: time, period
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• विदुरः: Vidura
• विदुरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction: and)

• आगतः: came, arrived
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + आगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियापद-समर्थ (past participle used predicatively)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having seen’

• लोपगतम्: gone into disappearance, vanished
• लोपगतम्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोप-गत (प्रातिपदिक); लोप (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying लिङ्गम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object of dṛṣṭvā/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• दुःखेन: with sorrow
• दुःखेन: Karana (Instrument/means—state/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)

• महता: great
• महता: Karana (Qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular; adjective to दुःखेन)

• अन्वितः: endowed with, filled with
• अन्वितः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वि-इ (धातु) + अन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying विदुरः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vidureśvara / Devadroṇī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vidura arrives at the grove, finds only a dust-covered mound where the liṅga once stood; he stands with folded hands, eyes downcast, sorrowful yet composed, searching the ground beneath trees.

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Liṅga (Vidureśvara implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion is revealed by heartfelt longing; the devotee’s pain at losing sight of the deity becomes part of the sacred narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vidureśvara liṅga/tīrtha, whose disappearance from sight becomes central to the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse narrates Vidura’s return and his reaction to the hidden liṅga.