Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अष्टाविंशतिमं तद्वदेतल्लिंगं तवोद्भवम् । सर्वदा पूजयिष्यामो निश्चिन्तो भव पार्थिव

Transliteration

aṣṭāviṃśatimaṃ tadvadetalliṃgaṃ tavodbhavam | sarvadā pūjayiṣyāmo niścinto bhava pārthiva

Translation

ฉันนั้นแล ลิงคะนี้ซึ่งบังเกิดจากท่านเป็นองค์ที่ยี่สิบแปด เราทั้งหลายจักบูชามันตลอดกาล ท่านจงวางใจเถิด โอ้พระราชา

Word by Word

• अष्टा-विंशतिमम्: the twenty-eighth
• अष्टा-विंशतिमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टा (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + विंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + म (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal) ‘twenty-eighth’; समासः द्विगुः (अष्टा+विंशति)

• तद्वत्: likewise
• तद्वत्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (अव्यय/विशेषण)
• Form: अव्ययवत्; तुल्यतावाचक (likewise/in the same way)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उद्भवम्: originating from you
• उद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + भू (धातु)
• Form: उद्भू-धातोः घञ्/अच्-प्रत्ययान्त भाव/कर्तृवाचक प्रातिपदिक ‘उद्भव’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम्) = ‘originated from you’

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• पूजयिष्यामः: we shall worship
• पूजयिष्यामः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• निश्चिन्तः: free from worry
• निश्चिन्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चिन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (त्वम्)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (continuing response)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas reassure the king: this liṅga born of him is the twenty-eighth; they vow perpetual worship. The king’s face relaxes as the shrine stands steady, lamp-lit.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (liṅga)
• King (pārthiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A community’s vow of steady worship safeguards dharma and relieves worldly anxiety through sacred commitment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The focus is the specific local liṅga counted among a set; the excerpt does not name the tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A vow of constant pūjā (sarvadā pūjā) to this liṅga.