Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

श्रीनारद उवाच । एवमुक्ते भगवता हारीताद्या द्विजोत्तमाः । मूर्तिं संस्थापयामासुर्वेदोदितविधानतः

Transliteration

śrīnārada uvāca | evamukte bhagavatā hārītādyā dvijottamāḥ | mūrtiṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsurvedoditavidhānataḥ

Translation

Śrī Nārada said: When the Lord had spoken thus, the best of the twice-born sages—Hārīta and the others—installed the sacred icon, in accordance with the rites enjoined in the Vedas.

Word by Word

• श्रीनारदः: venerable Nārada
• श्रीनारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—श्री + नारद (कर्मधारय)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• उक्ते: when (this) was said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle) ‘उक्त’ का सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; लोके ‘उक्ते (सति)’—सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute)

• भगवता: by the Lord
• भगवता: Karana/Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हारीताद्याः: Hārīta and others
• हारीताद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हारीत + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—हारीत-आदि (तत्पुरुष, ‘हारीतप्रमुखाः’)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्विज-उत्तम (तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थे, ‘श्रेष्ठा द्विजाः’)

• मूर्तिम्: an image/form
• मूर्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संस्थापयामासुः: established/set up
• संस्थापयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त (causative) + लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• वेदोदितविधानतः: according to the procedure enjoined in the Vedas
• वेदोदितविधानतः: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वेद + उदित + विधान + तस् (प्रातिपदिक/तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’ = ‘according to/from’; समासः—वेद-उदित-विधान (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jayāditya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada narrates as Hārīta and other sages perform formal installation: altar, kumbha, sacred fires, mantras, and the icon being set upon a pedestal with ritual implements arranged.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Hārīta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred worship becomes firmly grounded when images are established through Vedic procedure and dhārmic discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse focuses on the act of installation at the sacred locale mentioned in the surrounding narrative; the tīrtha name is not stated in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mūrti-pratiṣṭhā (installation of an icon) performed according to Veda-ordained rites (vedodita-vidhi).