Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अजोगन्धस्य देवस्य पूर्वमाराधितस्य च । प्रासादं कारयामास शिवोपकरणानि च

Transliteration

ajogandhasya devasya pūrvamārādhitasya ca | prāsādaṃ kārayāmāsa śivopakaraṇāni ca

Translation

Für die Gottheit Ajogandha, die er zuvor verehrt hatte, ließ er einen Tempelpalast errichten und stellte zudem die Erfordernisse und rituellen Geräte für die Verehrung Śivas bereit.

Word by Word

• ajogandhasya: of Ajogandha (deity)
• ajogandhasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajogandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी, एकवचन; देव-विशेष-नाम

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी, एकवचन

• pūrvam: formerly, earlier
• pūrvam: Adhikarana (Temporal context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘formerly/previously’

• ārādhitasya: of (him) who had been worshipped
• ārādhitasya: Sambandha (Qualifier in genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rādh (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle) with ā-; पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of (one) worshipped’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• prāsādam: a temple, palace-like shrine
• prāsādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kārayāmāsa: had (it) built, caused to be made
• kārayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative) ‘caused to be made/built’

• śiva-upakaraṇāni: Śiva’s ritual implements
• śiva-upakaraṇāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + upakaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य उपकरणानि)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ajogandha (Śiva-liṅga) at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king commissions a lofty prāsāda for Ajogandha-deva: artisans at work, stone blocks, carved pillars, and a sanctum prepared for a Śiva-liṅga; nearby are arranged Śaiva implements—kalaśas, lamps, bells, incense, bilva leaves, and abhiṣeka vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Ajogandha (Deity/Liṅga)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes enduring when it is supported by dharmic action—establishing and maintaining the means of worship for the benefit of all.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, focusing on Ajogandheśvara/Ajogandha’s sacred presence within the Puṣkara-related māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Constructing a shrine (prāsāda) and arranging Śiva-upakaraṇas—materials required for proper Śiva-pūjā.