Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततः संस्थाप्य तल्लिंगं देवदेवस्य शूलिनः । सम्यगाराधयामास श्रद्धया परया युतः

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃsthāpya talliṃgaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ | samyagārādhayāmāsa śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ

Translation

ثم بعد أن أقام ذلك اللِّينغا لِشُولين، إلهِ الآلهة، عبده على الوجه اللائق بالطقوس، متوشّحًا بأعلى مراتب الإيمان.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/हेतुवाचक (then/thereupon)

• saṃsthāpya: having installed/established
• saṃsthāpya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (स्था, धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); उपसर्गः सम्-

• tat-liṅgam: that liṅga
• tat-liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (tat eva liṅgam)

• deva-devasya: of the god of gods
• deva-devasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (devānāṃ devaḥ)

• śūlinaḥ: of Śūlin (Śiva, trident-bearer)
• śūlinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūlin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; शिवस्य नाम

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (properly)

• ārādhayāmāsa: worshipped, propitiated
• ārādhayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rādh (राध्, धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative stem (णिच्) ārādhaya-

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• parayā: supreme, intense
• parayā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; विशेषण (śraddhayā)

• yutaḥ: endowed (with)
• yutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (endowed/associated)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (within Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within the sacred field, the king installs a Śiva-liṅga and performs meticulous worship with intense faith; lamps, flowers, bilva leaves, and abhiṣeka vessels surround the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śūlin, Devadeva)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a holy place, correct ritual worship of Śiva—grounded in deep śraddhā—becomes a powerful means to obtain divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship occurs at the Camatkārapura-kṣetra introduced in the immediately preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga installation (saṃsthāpana) followed by proper ārādhana (formal worship/propitiation).