Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

यदि कश्चित्पुमानत्र त्रिशंकुरिव भूपतिः । पूजयिष्यति तल्लिंगं विपाप्मा श्रद्धया सह

Transliteration

yadi kaścitpumānatra triśaṃkuriva bhūpatiḥ | pūjayiṣyati talliṃgaṃ vipāpmā śraddhayā saha

Translation

若此处有任何男子——即便如特里尚库王——以信心礼拜彼灵伽，便能离罪得净。

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Condition marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• कश्चित्: someone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुमान्: a man
• पुमान्: Karta (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adverbial (स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• त्रिशङ्कुः: Triśaṅku
• त्रिशङ्कुः: Upamana (standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिशङ्कु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (उपमान)

• इव: like
• इव: Comparison marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

• भूपतिः: a king
• भूपतिः: Karta (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू-पति (प्रातिपदिक: भू + पति)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भूः पातिः)

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तल्लिङ्गम्: that liṅga
• तल्लिङ्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्-लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक: तत् + लिङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विपाप्मा: sinless
• विपाप्मा: Karta (predicate adjective of worshipper)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक: वि + पाप्मन्)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गार्थ (विशेषण) ‘पापरहित’

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (means/manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (postposition ‘with’), तृतीयार्थ-संबन्ध

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A human devotee approaches the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga with offerings; the narrative evokes Triśaṅku as a symbol of the ‘unfit made fit’ through faith; the liṅga radiates acceptance and purification.

Characters & Entities

• Triśaṅku
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Liṅga
• Śraddhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship at a potent tīrtha overcomes even heavy karmic burdens; śraddhā is central to purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The place of the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga (connected with the Nāgabila passage) in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā (worship of the Śiva-liṅga) performed with śraddhā (faith).