Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ततो राज्यं समासाद्य पितृपैतामहं महत् । कारयामास लिंगस्य प्रासादं तस्य शोभनम्

Transliteration

tato rājyaṃ samāsādya pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat | kārayāmāsa liṃgasya prāsādaṃ tasya śobhanam

Translation

Dann, nachdem er das große, von Vater und Großvater ererbte Reich erlangt hatte, ließ er für jenes Liṅga einen prächtigen Tempel errichten.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya (Adverbial/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• राज्यम्: kingdom, rule
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• समासाद्य: having attained
• समासाद्य: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having obtained/attained’

• पितृपैतामहम्: paternal and ancestral
• पितृपैतामहम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + पैतामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (paternal and ancestral)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with राज्यं)

• कारयामास: caused (it) to be made/built
• कारयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कारय् (णिच् causative of कृ) (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative ‘caused to be made’

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• प्रासादम्: temple, palace-like shrine
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• तस्य: of that, its
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• शोभनम्: beautiful, splendid
• शोभनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with प्रासादम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly crowned ruler, grateful for Śiva’s grace, commissions and oversees the construction of a splendid temple for the liṅga—architects, artisans, and priests at work; the liṅga enshrined in a shining prāsāda.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Temple (prāsāda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit should mature into service: prosperity and power are sanctified when used to honor Śiva and support sacred institutions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies the specific liṅga of the narrative by describing the establishment of its prāsāda (temple).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Commissioning a prāsāda (temple) for the Śiva-liṅga—an act of dharmic patronage and devotion.