Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

स्फटिकादिशिलाभेदैः कुर्वन्नस्यालयं जनः । शिवलोकमवाप्नोति विमानवरमास्थितः

Transliteration

sphaṭikādiśilābhedaiḥ kurvannasyālayaṃ janaḥ | śivalokamavāpnoti vimānavaramāsthitaḥ

Translation

Wer für Ihn (Rāmanātha) mit verschiedenen Steinen wie Kristall ein Heiligtum errichtet, gelangt in Śivas Welt und sitzt in einem erlesenen himmlischen Flugwagen.

Word by Word

• स्फटिकादि-शिला-भेदैः: with varieties of stones such as crystal
• स्फटिकादि-शिला-भेदैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्फटिक (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + शिला (प्रातिपदिक) + भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (स्फटिकादयः शिलाः तेषां भेदाः)

• कुर्वन्: doing, constructing
• कुर्वन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तः—शतृ (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्य: of this (him/it)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• आलयम्: abode, temple
• आलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• जनः: a person
• जनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• शिव-लोकम्: Śiva’s world
• शिव-लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य लोकः)

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव्+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विमान-वरम्: a splendid aerial car (best vimāna)
• विमान-वरम्: Adhikarana/Upapada (Qualifying object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (वरं विमानम्)

• आस्थितः: having mounted/being seated upon
• आस्थितः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle, used actively); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvara kṣetra (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee commissions a gleaming shrine for Rāmanātha using crystal-like stones; the sanctum shines; Śiva’s realm is shown above with a radiant vimāna descending to receive the donor.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivaloka
• Vimāna
• Rāmanātha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service expressed through building a sacred abode for Śiva becomes a direct cause of exalted posthumous attainment (Śivaloka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu–Rāmeśvara kṣetra, centered on Rāmanātha/Rāmeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Temple construction using precious/choice stones (e.g., crystal), offered as a devotional act.