Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं नः सर्वेषां च नृणां विभो । संधारय पुनर्लिंगं स्वकीयं सुरसत्तम

Transliteration

tasmātkuru prasādaṃ naḥ sarveṣāṃ ca nṛṇāṃ vibho | saṃdhāraya punarliṃgaṃ svakīyaṃ surasattama

Translation

Vì thế, bậc Chúa tể, xin đoái thương chúng con và toàn thể nhân loại. Ôi đấng tối thượng giữa chư thiên, xin nâng lại chính Liṅga thiêng của Ngài và gìn giữ, nâng đỡ nó một lần nữa.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore, from that
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that)

• kuru: do, grant
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prasādam: grace, favor
• prasādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• naḥ: for us / of us
• naḥ: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन (enclitic); 'of us/for us'

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (to nṛṇām)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• nṛṇām: of men/people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• vibho: O Lord, O mighty one
• vibho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• saṃdhāraya: support, uphold
• saṃdhāraya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + √dhṛ (धृ धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक (adverb: again)

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

• svakīyam: your own
• svakīyam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + kīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to liṅgam); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (svasya kīyam = one's own)

• surasattama: O best of the gods
• surasattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (surāṇāṃ sattamaḥ)

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods), addressing Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas (or sages) in añjali plead before Śiva: ‘be gracious to us and all mankind’; the liṅga appears as a radiant emblem needing to be lifted/steadied, suggesting cosmic balance.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devāḥ
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (prasāda) is sought not only for the gods but for all beings; sustaining the Liṅga symbolizes sustaining dharma in the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework, where the Liṅga’s presence itself functions as the sanctifying center of the tīrtha narrative (the precise site is developed in the surrounding passage).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the preservation and worship of the Liṅga—an underpinning for later prescriptions of Liṅga-pūjā and tīrtha-sevā in the chapter.