Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

तथेति मत्वासौ नंदी शिवस्योत्पाटनं तदा । कृत्वा स्वगृह मानीय प्रतिष्ठाप्य यताविधि

Transliteration

tatheti matvāsau naṃdī śivasyotpāṭanaṃ tadā | kṛtvā svagṛha mānīya pratiṣṭhāpya yatāvidhi

Translation

In dem Gedanken: „So sei es“, riss Nandī daraufhin Śivas Liṅga aus dem Boden; er brachte ihn in sein eigenes Haus und setzte ihn nach der rechten Vorschrift ein.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• इति: saying
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• मत्वा: having thought
• मत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), अर्थः ‘विचार्य/मनसि कृत्वा’ (having thought)

• असौ: that (person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• नन्दी: Nandin
• नन्दी: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; असौ इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• उत्पाटनम्: uprooting/removal
• उत्पाटनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्√पट्/उत्√पाट् (धातु) + अन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), अर्थः ‘कृत्वा’ (having done)

• स्वगृहम्: to his own house
• स्वगृहम्: Karma (Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-गृह (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; गन्तव्य-स्थान

• आनीय: having brought
• आनीय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√नी (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), अर्थः ‘आनयित्वा’ (having brought)

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति√स्था (धातु) + णिच्? + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), अर्थः ‘प्रतिष्ठापयित्वा’ (having installed/established)

• यथाविधि: according to the prescribed rite
• यथाविधि: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा-विधि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्यय (according to rule)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual) / Nandī-gṛha-pratiṣṭhā (episode locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandī carefully removes the liṅga, carries it with reverence to his home, and performs installation rites: purification, placing on a pedestal, lighting lamps, offering water, flowers, and incense under priestly supervision.

Characters & Entities

• Nandī
• Śiva
• Liṅga
• Pratiṣṭhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obedience to dharmic counsel and correct installation preserves sanctity even amid crisis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-kṣetra; the Kedāra Śiva-liṅga is central to the episode’s sacred significance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (formal installation) of the liṅga ‘yathā-vidhi’ after relocation.