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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

स एव मूर्त्तश्चतुरुत्तरासिर्विंशद्भिरेको भगवान्यथाऽद्यः । स एव संवत्सरनामसंज्ञः स एव ग्रावागत आदिदेवः

Transliteration

sa eva mūrttaścaturuttarāsirviṃśadbhireko bhagavānyathā'dyaḥ | sa eva saṃvatsaranāmasaṃjñaḥ sa eva grāvāgata ādidevaḥ

Translation

พระผู้เป็นเจ้าเดิมแท้นั้นมีเพียงหนึ่งเดียว แต่ทรงปรากฏเป็นรูปมูรติยี่สิบสี่ประการ; พระองค์ยังทรงได้รับนามตามชื่อแห่ง(ยี่สิบสี่)ปี และพระองค์เองคืออาทิเทพผู้เสด็จมาเป็นศิลาศักดิ์สิทธิ์

Word by Word
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
evaindeed/alone
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)
mūrttaḥembodied/manifest
mūrttaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण
caturuttarāsi-viṃśadbhiḥby/with (the count of) twenty plus four (i.e., 24)
caturuttarāsi-viṃśadbhiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootcaturuttara (प्रातिपदिक) + āsi (प्रातिपदिक; ‘असि’/‘अशि’ इत्यादि पाठभेद-संभव) + viṃśati (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुवचन-तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental plural); संख्यापरिमाण-निर्देश (by/with twenty plus four = 24)
ekaḥone
ekaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord
bhagavān:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
yathāas
yathā:
Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formउपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as/just as)
ādyaḥprimeval/first
ādyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootādya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय
saṃvatsara-nāma-saṃjñaḥhaving the appellation ‘Saṃvatsara’
saṃvatsara-nāma-saṃjñaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjña (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; ‘संवत्सर-नाम’ इति यस्य सः (having the designation ‘saṃvatsara-name’)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय
grāvāgataḥcome in the form of a stone / stone-arrived
grāvāgataḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootgrāva (प्रातिपदिक) + āgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam गम्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)
ādidevaḥthe primordial god
ādidevaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (primeval + god)
Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śāligrāma as Ādideva’s 24-fold manifestation

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic diagram-like scene: the single Viṣṇu principle radiates into twenty-four Śāligrāma forms arranged in a mandala, interwoven with a ring of year-names, suggesting time as a garland around the deity; the stone-forms glow subtly as living mūrtis.

Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu (implied as Bhagavān/Ādideva)
Ś
Śāligrāma (stone form implied)

FAQs

The One Supreme Lord compassionately becomes accessible through multiple sacred forms—especially as the worshipable stone manifestation.

The Śāligrāma tradition rooted in Gaṇḍakī is the implied tīrtha-context for the stone-manifestation teaching.

Implicit instruction: worship the manifested forms (especially the stone form) recognizing the One Lord behind the many.

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