Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

लिंगरूपेण भगवान्प्रादुर्भूतः स्वयं हरः । स्मरणाद्दर्शनाच्चैव सर्वसिद्धिप्रदः सदा

Transliteration

liṃgarūpeṇa bhagavānprādurbhūtaḥ svayaṃ haraḥ | smaraṇāddarśanāccaiva sarvasiddhipradaḥ sadā

Translation

بھگوان ہَر خود لِنگ کے روپ میں ظاہر ہوا؛ محض یاد کرنے اور دیدار کرنے سے ہی وہ ہمیشہ تمام سِدھیاں عطا کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• लिङ्गरूपेण: in the form of a liṅga
• लिङ्गरूपेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga-rūpa (प्रातिपदिक; लिङ्ग + रूप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (liṅgasya rūpam: ‘in the form of a liṅga’)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (masculine nominative singular)

• प्रादुर्भूतः: manifested, appeared
• प्रादुर्भूतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prādur-√भू (धातु) + क्त (भूत)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (past participle: ‘manifested/appeared’)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्वतः (indeclinable: ‘himself’)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (masculine nominative singular; epithet of Śiva)

• स्मरणात्: from remembrance
• स्मरणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (neuter ablative singular: ‘from/by remembrance’)

• दर्शनात्: from seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (neuter ablative singular: ‘from/by seeing’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपातः (conjunction: ‘and’)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपातः (particle of emphasis: ‘indeed/just’)

• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदः: bestower of all attainments
• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-siddhi-prada (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + सिद्धि + प्रद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (sarvāḥ siddhīḥ pradadāti: bestower of all siddhis)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable: ‘always’)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara / Siddheśvara-liṅga (contextual)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic yet serene manifestation: a liṅga emerging from the earth or shining forth in the sanctum; devotees experience siddhi through mere sight and remembrance, shown as radiant calm around their heads/hearts.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• Bhagavān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is made easy: remembrance and darśana of Śiva at a sacred shrine are declared sufficient to yield spiritual success.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga manifestation associated with Siddheśvara/Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (remembering) and darśana (seeing) are highlighted as efficacious devotional acts.