Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अदितिश्चापि सन्तुष्टा हतशेषान्सुतांस्ततः । समानीयाथ तल्लिंगं तेषामेव न्यदर्शयत् । कथयामास तत्सर्वं माहात्म्यं यद्वरोदितम्

Transliteration

aditiścāpi santuṣṭā hataśeṣānsutāṃstataḥ | samānīyātha talliṃgaṃ teṣāmeva nyadarśayat | kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ māhātmyaṃ yadvaroditam

Translation

Aditi também, satisfeita, reuniu então os filhos que haviam sobrevivido ao morticínio. Trazendo-os para junto de si, mostrou-lhes aquele mesmo liṅga e narrou-lhes por inteiro a grandeza sagrada (māhātmya) que fora proclamada pela voz concedente de dádivas.

Word by Word

• aditiḥ: Aditi
• aditiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aditi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also)

• santuṣṭā: satisfied, pleased
• santuṣṭā: Kartṛ-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण

• hata-śeṣān: the remaining (sons) after the slain (i.e., survivors)
• hata-śeṣān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √han) + śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘हत’ इति विशेषणेन ‘शेष’ (remaining) विशेष्यः

• sutān: sons
• sutān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (then/thereupon)

• samānīya: having brought together
• samānīya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-nī (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक (then)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• liṅgam: liṅga
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (only/indeed)

• nyadarśayat: showed
• nyadarśayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘दर्शयति’ (to show) with नि- उपसर्ग

• kathayāmāsa: narrated, told
• kathayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathaya (णिजन्त-धातु, √kath)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; परिप्रयोग (periphrastic perfect style)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• māhātmyam: the greatness (glory)
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• vara-uditam: spoken by the excellent one (boon-giver)
• vara-uditam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + udita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √vad/√ud-i?; here ‘spoken/uttered’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे—‘वरेण उदितम्’ (spoken by the boon-giver/excellent one)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator), with Aditi acting within the narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Aditi, serene and resolute, gathers her surviving sons; she leads them to the liṅga in the sanctuary and narrates the oracle’s words, turning trauma into devotion and renewed purpose.

Characters & Entities

• Aditi
• Sons of Aditi (Ādityas/Devas, implied)
• Liṅga
• Divine voice (vara-uditam)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The glory of a liṅga and its tīrtha is to be preserved through testimony and transmission—hearing and retelling māhātmya is itself a dharmic act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga at the center of this Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya episode is glorified; the exact place-name is not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on darśana of the liṅga and the hearing/recitation of its māhātmya.