Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 127

Devanagari script

ततस्तैर्दर्शितं लिंगं सुपुण्यं बालमंडनम् । यत्र बालाः पुरा जाता मरुदाख्या दितेः सुताः

Transliteration

tatastairdarśitaṃ liṃgaṃ supuṇyaṃ bālamaṃḍanam | yatra bālāḥ purā jātā marudākhyā diteḥ sutāḥ

Translation

แล้วพราหมณ์เหล่านั้นได้แสดงลึงค์อันเปี่ยมบุญยิ่ง ชื่อว่า “พาลมันฑนะ” ณ สถานที่ซึ่งในกาลก่อน เหล่ามรุตผู้เยาว์ได้บังเกิดเป็นโอรสของทิที

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दर्शितम्: shown
• दर्शितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + णिच् + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग-सूचक

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

• सुपुण्यम्: highly meritorious
• सुपुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय: सु + पुण्य ("very meritorious")

• बालमण्डनम्: the ornament of children
• बालमण्डनम्: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla-maṇḍana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: बालानां मण्डनम् ("ornament/adornment of children")

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• बालाः: children
• बालाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly)

• जाताः: were born
• जाताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Active Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मरुदाख्याः: called ‘Maruts’
• मरुदाख्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: marut-ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); बहुव्रीहि: मरुत् इति आख्या येषाम् ("named Maruts")

• दितेः: of Diti
• दितेः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुताः: sons
• सुताः: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages reveal to Indra the supremely meritorious liṅga named Bālamaṇḍana; the landscape subtly evokes the ancient birth of the youthful Maruts.

Characters & Entities

• Bālamaṇḍana (Liṅga/Tīrtha)
• Maruts
• Diti
• Śiva (implied by liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A Śaiva tīrtha becomes supremely merit-giving when its sanctity is tied to divine origins and remembered through pilgrimage and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bālamaṇḍana Liṅga-tīrtha, identified as the place connected with the birth of the Maruts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse primarily identifies and glorifies the site and its sacred origin.