Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

सोऽपि मंकणकस्तत्र सार्द्धं देवेन शंभुना । तिष्ठत्यद्यापि विप्रेंद्र पूरितं चैव पांसुभिः

Transliteration

so'pi maṃkaṇakastatra sārddhaṃ devena śaṃbhunā | tiṣṭhatyadyāpi vipreṃdra pūritaṃ caiva pāṃsubhiḥ

Translation

แม้มังคณกะผู้นั้นก็ยังคงอยู่ ณ ที่นั่นจนถึงวันนี้ พร้อมกับเทพศัมภู และสถานที่นั้นก็ยังคงถูกถมเต็มด้วยธุลีอยู่ โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि = also)

• मंकणकः: Maṅkaṇaka
• मंकणकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मंकणक (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक adverb)

• सार्द्धम्: together (with)
• सार्द्धम्: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-अर्थे; with/together)

• देवेन: with the god
• देवेन: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• शंभुना: with Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुना: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक; शिवनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• तिष्ठति: remains/stands
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अद्यापि: even today
• अद्यापि: Adhikarana (Temporal context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• विप्रेन्द्र: O best of brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः अर्थ: विप्राणाम् इन्द्रः (best of brahmins)

• पूरितम्: filled
• पूरितम्: Karma (Object described/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरय् (धातु; णिच्) + क्त
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेष्यं (अध्याहृतं: ह्रदम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण particle)

• पांसुभिः: with dust/sand
• पांसुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पांसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a brāhmaṇa interlocutor: viprendra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṃkaṇaka-sannidhi kṣetra (within the Sārasvata-hrada/Citraśilā complex)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprendra / brāhmaṇa audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dust-covered sacred ground with a subtle liṅga-shrine nearby; Maṃkaṇaka ṛṣi stands or sits in devotion, while Śambhu’s presence is shown either as a manifested Śiva or as a luminous, formless aura beside him.

Characters & Entities

• Maṃkaṇaka
• Śambhu
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred site’s holiness is upheld by divine presence (Śiva) and saintly association, regardless of external changes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s Śaiva tīrtha where Maṃkaṇaka is remembered and Śambhu is said to abide.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it emphasizes enduring sacred presence as the basis for pilgrimage faith.