Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

एतस्मात्कारणाज्जातो मध्यगो द्वितीयस्त्विह

Transliteration

etasmātkāraṇājjāto madhyago dvitīyastviha

Translation

ఈ కారణమువలన ఇక్కడ ‘ద్వితీయ మధ్యగ’ అనే విశేష బిరుదు ఉద్భవించింది।

Word by Word

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• कारणात्: from the cause/reason
• कारणात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• जातः: born/arisen
• जातः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (सः) इत्यस्य विशेषण

• मध्यगः: going/being in the middle
• मध्यगः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्य + ग (प्रातिपदिक; √गम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• द्वितीयः: the second
• द्वितीयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (here/in this context)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: ‘Second Madhyaga’ (Madhyaga-dvitīya) within Vātakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator indicates the sacred spot where, due to a prior event, a new title ‘Second Madhyaga’ becomes established; the landscape is marked by a liṅga/śiva-presence and pilgrims receiving the name with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Madhyaga (epithet/title)
• Kapālamocana kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha narratives often explain how sacred titles and local identities arise from dharmic events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Kapālamocana/Vātakeśvara-kṣetra milieu where the legend unfolds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it records a result in sacred history (a title/identity arising from the preceding events).