Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

आराधितं दिवा नक्तं राज्ये संस्थाप्य पुत्रकम् । नियोज्य सर्वतो भृत्यान्धनवस्त्रसमन्वितान्

Transliteration

ārādhitaṃ divā naktaṃ rājye saṃsthāpya putrakam | niyojya sarvato bhṛtyāndhanavastrasamanvitān

Translation

Ich verehrte (Śiva) bei Tag und bei Nacht. Nachdem ich meinen Sohn auf den Thron gesetzt hatte, bestellte ich Diener ringsum, ausgestattet mit Reichtum und Gewändern (zur Erfüllung ihrer Pflichten).

Word by Word

• ārādhitam: worshipped, propitiated
• ārādhitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-rādh (धातु) → ārādhita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle ‘having been worshipped/propitiated’

• divā: by day
• divā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• naktam: by night
• naktam: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: naktam (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• rājye: in the kingdom
• rājye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; locative ‘in the kingdom’

• saṃsthāpya: having installed
• saṃsthāpya: Kriya-viseshana (Absolutive/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु) → saṃsthāpya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having स्थापित/installed’

• putrakam: the son
• putrakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; diminutive ‘son/young son’

• niyojya: having appointed
• niyojya: Kriya-viseshana (Absolutive/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√yuj (धातु) → niyojya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having appointed/assigned’

• sarvataḥ: everywhere, on all sides
• sarvataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘on all sides/entirely’

• bhṛtyān: servants
• bhṛtyān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• dhana-vastra-samanvitān: endowed with wealth and clothing
• dhana-vastra-samanvitān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + vastra (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष; ‘धनेन वस्त्रेण च समन्वित’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; qualifies ‘bhṛtyān’

Speaker

Narrator (devotee’s first-person account within the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura Śiva-liṅga (context)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king-devotee worships Śiva day and night while his son sits on the throne; attendants, clothed and provisioned, manage duties—temple and palace shown as a single devotional ecosystem.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly responsibility (rāja-dharma) can be harmonized with unwavering devotion by orderly delegation and sustained worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse emphasizes disciplined worship and administration; the site is part of the surrounding Camatkārapura/tīrtha narrative but not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous ārādhana—worship performed both day and night—supported by practical arrangements.