Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

एवं तत्र स्थिते तीरे देव्याराधनतत्परे । सप्तलिंगार्चनरते भीमनन्दननन्दने

Transliteration

evaṃ tatra sthite tīre devyārādhanatatpare | saptaliṃgārcanarate bhīmanandananandane

Translation

یوں وہ دریا کے کنارے ٹھہرا رہا، دیوی کی آرادھنا میں یکسو تھا۔ سات لِنگوں کی پوجا میں مشغول، بھیم کے بیٹے کے بیٹے (بربریک) وہیں قائم رہا۔

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

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

• sthite: when (he/it) was staying
• sthite: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• tīre: on the bank/shore
• tīre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी-सहचर

• devī-ārādhana-tatpare: intent on worship of the Goddess
• devī-ārādhana-tatpare: Adhikarana (State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक) + ārādhana (प्रातिपदिक) + tatpara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी; ‘देव्याः आराधने तत्परः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-प्रायः

• sapta-liṅga-arcana-rate: engaged in worship of seven liṅgas
• sapta-liṅga-arcana-rate: Adhikarana (State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + arcana (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (कृदन्त; √ram धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी; ‘सप्तलिङ्गानाम् अर्चने रतः’ इति (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• bhīma-nandana-nandane: in the grove/park of Bhīma’s son
• bhīma-nandana-nandane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक-समासः; ‘भीमनन्दनस्य नन्दने’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a quiet riverbank, Barbarīka (Bhīma’s grandson) performs Devī worship and delights in the adoration of seven liṅgas arranged as a small sacred circuit; the river flows gently beside the shrine-stones.

Characters & Entities

• Barbarīka
• Bhīma
• Devī
• Saptaliṅga (seven liṅgas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion at a sacred riverside, combining Devī worship with liṅga-arcana, is portrayed as an ideal sādhana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘tīra’ (sacred riverbank) is referenced but not named in this verse; the passage frames a tīrtha-like devotional setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saptaliṅga-arcana—worship of seven liṅgas—is explicitly mentioned.