Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

महेश्वर उवाच । हिताय सर्वलोकानां वेद्यामस्यां व्यवस्थितः । स्थास्यामि सहितः पत्न्या सत्यात्व द्वचनाद्विधे

Transliteration

maheśvara uvāca | hitāya sarvalokānāṃ vedyāmasyāṃ vyavasthitaḥ | sthāsyāmi sahitaḥ patnyā satyātva dvacanādvidhe

Translation

พระมหेशวรตรัสว่า: “เพื่อเกื้อกูลแก่สรรพโลก เมื่อสถิตบนเวทีบูชานี้ เราจักพำนักอยู่ที่นี่พร้อมพระชายา โอ้วิธิ (พรหมา) ขอจงทำให้เป็นจริงด้วยวาจาของท่าน”

Word by Word

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हिताय: for the benefit
• हिताय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for welfare)

• सर्वलोकानाम्: of all worlds/people
• सर्वलोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वे लोकाः)

• वेद्याम्: on the altar; in the sacred platform
• वेद्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अस्याम्: in this
• अस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (in this)

• व्यवस्थितः: stationed; established
• व्यवस्थितः: Karta-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थितः’ = stationed

• स्थास्यामि: I shall stay; I will remain
• स्थास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सहितः: together (with)
• सहितः: Karta-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (अव्यय) + इत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘सह’ अर्थे (together/with)

• पत्न्या: with (my) wife
• पत्न्या: Sahakarana (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• सत्य: true
• सत्य: Karta-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (true)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वचनात्: from the statement; due to the promise
• वचनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेतौ (because of the word/promise)

• विधे: O Brahmā (Ordainer)
• विधे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vidhi (Brahmā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks to Brahmā near a consecrated altar; Śiva stands or sits with Pārvatī, indicating a vow of permanent presence; Brahmā listens with reverence, holding a lotus and rosary, as the vedī glows with sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Pārvatī (implied by patnī)
• Vidhi (Brahmā)
• Vedī (altar)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely potent when the deity vows abiding presence there for the welfare of all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Haravedī/vedī (altar-site) where Śiva declares his continued presence with his consort.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the verse provides the theological basis for the shrine’s enduring sanctity (pratiṣṭhā/abiding presence).