Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तत्र तावत्प्रवक्ष्यामि मंकणेश्वरजं फलम् । मकाराक्षरयुक्तस्य लिंगस्यात्र द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

tatra tāvatpravakṣyāmi maṃkaṇeśvarajaṃ phalam | makārākṣarayuktasya liṃgasyātra dvijottamāḥ

Translation

Nay, ngay tại đó, ta sẽ nói về quả phúc phát sinh từ Maṃkaṇeśvara—liṅga ở đây gắn với âm tiết “ma”, hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng lưỡng sinh.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there; in that place/context
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of place)

• तावत्: so much; now/for the present
• तावत्: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक; discourse particle)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall declare
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• मंकणेश्वरजम्: arising from Maṅkaṇeśvara
• मंकणेश्वरजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मंकणेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: मंकणेश्वरस्य जातम् (born of/pertaining to Maṅkaṇeśvara)

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• मकाराक्षरयुक्तस्य: of that which is endowed with the syllable ‘ma’
• मकाराक्षरयुक्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मकार (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (masc./neut. depending on liṅga), षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन; समासः: मकारः अक्षरं यस्य/येन युक्तः (endowed with the syllable ‘ma’)

• लिंगस्य: of the liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिंगस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of place)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः: उत्तमाः द्विजाः (best of the twice-born)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṃkaṇeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamas/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta begins a focused exposition on Maṃkaṇeśvara’s specific fruit; the shrine is shown with an inscription-like ‘म’ motif, devotees offering bilva and water, indicating a transition from list to detailed phala narration.

Characters & Entities

• Maṃkaṇeśvara (Liṅga/Śiva)
• Makāra (the syllable ‘ma’)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames the tīrtha as a source of specific, name-linked merit, where the identity of the liṅga (and its sacred syllabic association) is itself a vehicle of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṃkaṇeśvara at the tīrtha described in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 266.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse announces an upcoming description of the phala; the detailed observance begins in the following verses.