Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तथैव ऋषिपत्नीनां तत्र लिंगानि भूरिशः । कात्यायन्याश्च शांडिल्या मैत्रेय्याश्च तथा पुरा

Transliteration

tathaiva ṛṣipatnīnāṃ tatra liṃgāni bhūriśaḥ | kātyāyanyāśca śāṃḍilyā maitreyyāśca tathā purā

Translation

ฉันนั้นแล ณ ที่นั้นมีลึงค์เป็นอันมากของภรรยาฤๅษีทั้งหลาย—ของกาตยายณี ของศาณฑิลยา และแต่กาลก่อนของไมเตรยีด้วย

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/अनुक्रम-सूचक (thus/likewise)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only/indeed)

• ऋषिपत्नीनाम्: of the sages' wives
• ऋषिपत्नीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि-पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक; components: ऋषि + पत्नी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• लिङ्गानि: marks/signs (liṅgas)
• लिङ्गानि: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भूरिशः: in great number
• भूरिशः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरिशस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (in abundance/many times)

• कात्यायन्याः: of Kātyāyanī
• कात्यायन्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कात्यायनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• शाण्डिल्याः: of Śāṇḍilyā
• शाण्डिल्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाण्डिल्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मैत्रेय्याः: of Maitreyī
• मैत्रेय्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैत्रेयी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रम-सूचक

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not specified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Multiple small liṅgas dedicated to rishi-patnīs; a devotional scene where women pilgrims offer lamps and flowers, invoking Kātyāyanī, Śāṇḍilyā, and Maitreyī as revered names.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣipatnīs
• Kātyāyanī
• Śāṇḍilyā
• Maitreyī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha honors not only male sages but also the spiritual stature of ṛṣipatnīs, affirming inclusive sanctity in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha famed for numerous liṅgas connected to sages and their consorts (the verse itself does not name the locality).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is darśana and pūjā of these liṅgas.