Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तत्तथा भविता सर्वमप्यत्रस्थं सदैव हि । एवमुक्त्वा गते विष्णौ निवेश्य स्वकलां प्रभो

Transliteration

tattathā bhavitā sarvamapyatrasthaṃ sadaiva hi | evamuktvā gate viṣṇau niveśya svakalāṃ prabho

Translation

‘وہ سب کچھ یقیناً اسی طرح واقع ہوگا اور یہاں ہمیشہ قائم رہے گا۔’ یہ کہہ کر، جب وِشنو روانہ ہو گئے تو پربھو نے اپنی ہی الٰہی کلا (جزءِ ربّانی) کو یہاں قائم کیا۔

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma/Pratipādya (That which is referred to)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश (that/it)

• तथा: so, in that way
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• भविता: will be
• भविता: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘will be/will happen’

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषण/संज्ञा

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• अत्रस्थम्: situated here
• अत्रस्थम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of ‘सर्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अव्ययपूर्वपद: ‘अत्र स्थितम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (located here)

• सदैव: always
• सदैव: Kriya-visheshaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (always)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/Reason particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु-सूचक (indeed/for)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having said’

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute condition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) with ‘विष्णौ’

• विष्णौ: in/when Viṣṇu (had gone)
• विष्णौ: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• निवेश्य: having installed
• निवेश्य: Purvakala-kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + विश् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having placed/installed’

• स्वकलाम्: his own portion/energy
• स्वकलाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘स्वा कला’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu departs into the sky; the presiding Lord remains and installs a radiant divine portion into the sacred ground/altar, causing the site to glow with perpetual sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Kalā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes permanently potent when the divine presence is established there; sacred geography is sustained by divine will and rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes perpetual abiding ‘here’ (atra-stham) in the chapter’s sacred locale; the name is not in the excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Niveśana/sthāpanā—placing or installing a divine portion (kalā) so it remains eternally at the site.