Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

भूमिपुत्रस्ततस्तस्मिन्स्थापयामास शङ्करम् । गतः सुरालये लोके ग्रहभावे निवेशितः

Transliteration

bhūmiputrastatastasminsthāpayāmāsa śaṅkaram | gataḥ surālaye loke grahabhāve niveśitaḥ

Translation

Daraufhin errichtete der Sohn der Erde Śaṅkara an eben jenem Ort. Danach ging er in die himmlische Welt, eingesetzt in den Stand einer Planetengottheit.

Word by Word

• bhūmi-putraḥ: son of the earth
• bhūmi-putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूमेः पुत्रः)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/अनन्तर-वाचक adverb: 'then/from there')

• tasmin: in that (place/time)
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative)

• sthāpayāmāsa: installed / caused to be placed
• sthāpayāmāsa: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative: 'caused to be placed/ स्थापितवान्')

• śaṅkaram: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṅkaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• gataḥ: having gone
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject-participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• surālaye: in the abode of the gods
• surālaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura-ālaya (प्रातिपदिक; सुर + आलय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुराणाम् आलयः)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• graha-bhāve: in the state/role of a ग्रह (planet)
• graha-bhāve: Adhikarana (State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ग्रहस्य भावः = ग्रहत्वम्/ग्रह-स्थिति)

• niveśitaḥ: was appointed/placed
• niveśitaḥ: Karta (Subject in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-viś (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (placed/appointed)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgārakeśvara/Śaṅkara-sthāna at Revā-tīrtha (contextual inference from Aṅgāraka linkage)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhūmiputra performs a solemn installation of Śaṅkara (liṅga/pratimā) at the tīrtha; afterward he is shown ascending to the celestial realm, taking his seat among the Navagrahas as Aṅgāraka (Mars).

Characters & Entities

• Bhūmi-putra (Aṅgāraka)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Sura-loka
• Graha-bhāva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is memorialized through sthāpanā (sacred installation), turning a narrative event into a living tīrtha for future devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha where Aṅgāraka establishes Śaṅkara; the chapter treats this locale as a merit-bestowing pilgrimage spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, liṅga/Śaṅkara-sthāpanā as a sanctifying act; explicit snāna and pūjā prescriptions follow in subsequent verses.