Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

भगवानुवाच । अद्यप्रभृति मे चात्र लिंगे वासो भविष्यति । त्वं च तद्रूपसंपन्नो विशेषाद्बलवेगभाक्

Transliteration

bhagavānuvāca | adyaprabhṛti me cātra liṃge vāso bhaviṣyati | tvaṃ ca tadrūpasaṃpanno viśeṣādbalavegabhāk

Translation

พระผู้เป็นเจ้าตรัสว่า “ตั้งแต่วันนี้เป็นต้นไป ที่ประทับของเราจักอยู่ ณ ที่นี้ในลึงคะนี้โดยแท้ และเจ้าด้วยจักได้รูปนั้น อีกทั้งจะได้รับพละกำลังและความรวดเร็วเป็นพิเศษ”

Word by Word

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अद्यप्रभृति: from today onward
• अद्यप्रभृति: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + प्रभृति (अव्यय-समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; कालवाचक अव्यय (from today onward)

• मे: my
• मे: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) / चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (my) अधिकयुक्त

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• वासः: dwelling/residence
• वासः: Karta (Subject of भविष्यति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• तद्रूपसंपन्नः: endowed with that form
• तद्रूपसंपन्नः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of त्वम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् + रूप + संपन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य रूपेण संपन्नः = endowed with that form); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (त्वम्)

• विशेषात्: especially
• विशेषात्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे “especially”

• बलवेगभाक्: possessing strength and speed
• बलवेगभाक्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of त्वम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बल + वेग + भाक् (प्रातिपदिक; भाक् = √भज् (धातु) से ‘भागिन्/भाज्’)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (बलस्य वेगस्य च भाक् = possessing strength and speed); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (त्वम्)

Speaker

Bhagavān (Śiva / Īśāna / Hara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks a decisive boon: the liṅga radiates as if ‘inhabited’; Garuḍa’s body subtly shifts—wings broaden, posture becomes powerful—signifying bestowed bala and vega.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Garuḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace sanctifies geography: the Lord agrees to abide in a liṅga, turning the site into a perpetual refuge, while also uplifting the devotee’s capacity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s liṅga-tīrtha is glorified by Śiva’s declaration of nitya-vāsa (permanent residence) in that liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The theological basis for liṅga-worship at a particular sthala: Śiva’s affirmed presence in the installed liṅga from that day onward.