Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तद्रूपस्य कलामेकां स्थापयात्र जनार्दन । यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे विष्णो तदिदं क्रियतां त्वया

Transliteration

tadrūpasya kalāmekāṃ sthāpayātra janārdana | yadi tuṣṭo'si me viṣṇo tadidaṃ kriyatāṃ tvayā

Translation

O Janārdana, errichte hier einen einzigen göttlichen Anteil eben jener Gestalt. Wenn du mit mir zufrieden bist, o Viṣṇu, so vollbringe dies selbst.

Word by Word

• tadrūpasya: of that form
• tadrūpasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• kalām: a portion / aspect
• kalām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ekām: one
• ekām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कलाम् इति विशेषणम्

• sthāpaya: establish / set up
• sthāpaya: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• janārdana: O Janārdana
• janārdana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Kartā (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; त्वम् इति विशेषणम्

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: for me / of me
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (genitive/dative), एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (for me/of me)

• viṣṇo: O Viṣṇu
• viṣṇo: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tad: that
• tad: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; इदम् इति विशेषणम्

• idam: this (request)
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kriyatām: let it be done
• kriyatām: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartā (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee petitions Vishnu: hands folded, eyes uplifted; behind them a nascent shrine-site is suggested—an empty pedestal or sanctum awaiting installation—while Vishnu’s radiant form indicates assent and potential descent as a kalā.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Viṣṇu
• Kalā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion culminates in service to the world: requesting a divine presence to be established at a place for enduring benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request is to install the Lord ‘here’ (atra) at the tīrtha of the chapter; the verse does not name it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā (establishing a divine portion or presence) is explicitly requested.