Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्योत्थलिंगस्य सर्वं पूजादिकं च यत् । सर्वे निरूपयामासुः सप्तविंशतिमध्यतः

Transliteration

tatastasyotthaliṃgasya sarvaṃ pūjādikaṃ ca yat | sarve nirūpayāmāsuḥ saptaviṃśatimadhyataḥ

Translation

Dann legten sie alle sorgfältig das vollständige Verfahren der Verehrung und die zugehörigen Riten für jenen offenbar gewordenen (emporgetretenen) Liṅga fest und ordneten alles in rechter Folge.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — 'then'

• तस्य: of that; his/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उत्थ-लिङ्गस्य: of the arisen liṅga
• उत्थ-लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्थ (प्रातिपदिक; √स्था (स्था) + उत्- उपसर्ग, क्त) + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (उत्थं लिङ्गम् = arisen/emergent liṅga)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; सर्व-शब्दः (समस्तम्)

• पूजा-आदिकम्: worship and related rites
• पूजा-आदिकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (पूजा च आदयः च → पूजादिकम् = worship etc.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• यत्: whatever; that which
• यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन

• निरूपयामासुः: they arranged/defined/described
• निरूपयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रूप्/रूपय् (रूपय्) + निर्- उपसर्ग; लिट् (परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रश्न-भूतार्थे/परोक्शभूत) परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष बहुवचन; धात्वर्थः 'to determine/arrange/describe'

• सप्तविंशति-मध्यतः: from/within the midst of the twenty-seven
• सप्तविंशति-मध्यतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तविंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्ययीभाव-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अव्ययीभावसमास) — 'from/in the middle of twenty-seven' (i.e., among the 27)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Utthita-liṅga (manifested liṅga; specific name not given here)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Elders and ritual experts arrange offerings and define the worship sequence around a newly manifested liṅga—placing vessels, flowers, lamps, and marking ritual stations.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred power is stabilized through right ritual order—devotion expressed via properly prescribed pūjā becomes a vehicle of dharma and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the immediate focus is the manifested liṅga at the local tīrtha being described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It indicates the establishment of a complete pūjā framework (pūjā and allied rites) for the liṅga, implying an authorized worship procedure (vidhi).