Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

त्वं पुनर्मामकं लिंगं समं कुर्वन्भविष्यसि । धर्मसेनेति विख्यातो विकृत्या परिवर्जितः

Transliteration

tvaṃ punarmāmakaṃ liṃgaṃ samaṃ kurvanbhaviṣyasi | dharmaseneti vikhyāto vikṛtyā parivarjitaḥ

Translation

اور تم پھر میرے لِنگ کو ہموار اور خوش صورت بنانے والے بنو گے؛ ‘دھرم سین’ کے نام سے مشہور ہو گے، ہر طرح کی بدہیئتی اور فساد سے پاک۔

Word by Word

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• punar: again/further
• punar: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (again/further)

• māmakam: my/pertaining to me
• māmakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (liṅgam इति विशेष्यस्य)

• liṅgam: liṅga (emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• samam: even/equal
• samam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (liṅgam इति विशेष्यस्य)

• kurvan: doing/making
• kurvan: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे (while doing)

• bhaviṣyasi: you will become
• bhaviṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• dharma-sena: Dharmasena
• dharma-sena: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + senā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• iti: thus (called)
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-उक्त्यर्थक (quotative)

• vikhyātaḥ: renowned/known
• vikhyātaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√khyā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्रसिद्धः’

• vikṛtyā: by deformity/vice
• vikṛtyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• parivarjitaḥ: devoid of/avoiding
• parivarjitaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√vṛj (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘वर्जितः/रहितः’

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva grants a boon: the devotee is promised a new name ‘Dharmasena’ and freedom from deformity, in the presence of a liṅga being smoothed and made symmetrical.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-liṅga
• Dharmasena

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to Śiva’s emblem (liṅga-sevā) is portrayed as dharmic refinement: it grants inner and outer integrity, removing ‘vikṛti’ (defect).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse focuses on the devotee’s future identity and Śiva-liṅga service; the specific site is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sevā is implied: maintaining/setting Śiva’s liṅga properly (samaṃ kurvan), i.e., ensuring correct installation/condition as an act of devotion.