Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

यश्चैतत्पठते भक्त्या तस्य लिंगस्य संनिधौ । अपमृत्युभयं तस्य कथंचिन्नैव जायते

Transliteration

yaścaitatpaṭhate bhaktyā tasya liṃgasya saṃnidhau | apamṛtyubhayaṃ tasya kathaṃcinnaiva jāyate

Translation

அந்த சிவலிங்கத்தின் சன்னிதியில் பக்தியுடன் இதைப் பாராயணம் செய்பவருக்கு, அகாலமரணப் பயம் எவ்விதத்திலும் உண்டாகாது.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

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

• एतत्: this (text)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पठते: recites, reads
• पठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; हेतौ/करणे—‘with devotion’

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• संनिधौ: in the presence
• संनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अपमृत्युभयम्: fear of untimely death
• अपमृत्युभयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपमृत्यु + भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘अपमृत्योः भयम्’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कथंचित्: in any way, at all
• कथंचित्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘somehow/at any rate’

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed, at all
• एव: Niyama (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• जायते: arises, is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa sages (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands or sits before a Śiva-liṅga, reciting from a manuscript with folded hands; a subtle protective aura surrounds him, symbolizing freedom from untimely death.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Apamṛtyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional recitation performed in sacred proximity (near the liṅga) is portrayed as a powerful safeguard, showing the Purāṇic emphasis on bhakti joined to place-based sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A liṅga-centered tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse highlights the sanctity of the liṅga’s immediate vicinity rather than naming a city in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṭha (recitation) done bhaktyā (with devotion) in the saṃnidhi (presence) of the liṅga.