Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

स्थापयित्वा महादेवं सर्वपातकनाशनम् । जगाम प्रभया पूर्णः सोमलोकमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

sthāpayitvā mahādevaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam | jagāma prabhayā pūrṇaḥ somalokamanuttamam

Translation

Ayant établi Mahādeva, destructeur de tous les péchés, lui—plein d’une splendeur rayonnante—partit vers l’incomparable monde de Soma (la Lune).

Word by Word

• स्थापयित्वा: having installed
• स्थापयित्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था + णिच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); causative of √स्था (स्थापयति); पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having installed)

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (‘महान् देवः’)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘महादेवम्’); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्’)

• जगाम: he went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रभया: with radiance
• प्रभया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• पूर्णः: filled, endowed
• पूर्णः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the subject)

• सोमलोकम्: the world of Soma
• सोमलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘सोमस्य लोकः’)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘सोमलोकम्’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-tīrtha (site of Mahādeva-pratiṣṭhā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank altar, the devotee installs a shining Śiva-liṅga with Vedic rites; lamps blaze, priests chant; afterward the devotee is shown suffused with radiance ascending toward Soma-loka, a cool lunar realm with silver light.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Soma-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-pratiṣṭhā (installing Mahādeva) is praised as a supremely purifying act that leads to exalted posthumous realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is the Soma-tīrtha/Candrahāsya tīrtha region described in Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act of establishing (pratiṣṭhā) Mahādeva, presented as sin-destroying and merit-bestowing.