Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

त्वया चैव सदा लिंगे स्थेयमत्र सुरोत्तम । मम वाक्यादसंदिग्धं सर्वलोकहितार्थतः

Transliteration

tvayā caiva sadā liṃge stheyamatra surottama | mama vākyādasaṃdigdhaṃ sarvalokahitārthataḥ

Translation

اور اے دیوتاؤں میں برتر! تم اس لِنگ میں یہاں ہمیشہ قائم رہو۔ میرے قول سے یہ بے شک ہے—تمام جہانوں کی بھلائی کے لیے۔

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Instrumental, Singular (by you)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्थेयम्: should remain/ought to stay
• स्थेयम्: Kriyā (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थेय (कृदन्त; तव्यत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Gerundive/obligatory: ‘is to be stayed/should remain’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सुरोत्तम: O best of gods
• सुरोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular; समासः: सुराणाम् उत्तमः (best of gods)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Genitive, Singular (my)

• वाक्यात्: from (my) word
• वाक्यात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative, Singular (from the statement/word)

• असंदिग्धम्: without doubt/certainly
• असंदिग्धम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + संदिग्ध (कृदन्त; सम्+दिह्/दिग्ध, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; नञ्-तत्पुरुषः: न संदिग्धम् (undoubted)

• सर्वलोकहितार्थतः: for the welfare of all worlds
• सर्वलोकहितार्थतः: Prayojana (Purpose adjunct/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + हित (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: तद्धितान्त-अव्यय (तसिल्/तस्-प्रत्यय) — ‘for the purpose of …’; समासः: सर्वलोकहितार्थ + तः (for the sake of the welfare of all worlds)

Speaker

Haṃsa (contextual: addressing Mahādeva/Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (addressed as sura-uttama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (Haṃsa) proclaims the deity’s perpetual residence in a liṅga; the liṅga stands central, newly sanctified, with celestial beings witnessing; atmosphere of consecration.

Characters & Entities

• Haṃsa
• Liṅga
• Mahādeva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes universally beneficent when the deity’s presence is affirmed there; worship at such a place is framed as loka-hita (welfare of all).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liṅga-site described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 30, presented as a permanent seat of divine presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The theological prescription is permanence of presence in the liṅga—supporting ongoing worship, darśana, and pilgrimage merit.