Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

चित्रशर्माऽपि कृत्वाथ प्रासादं सुमनोहरम् । तत्र हेममयं लिंगं स्थापयामास भक्तितः

Transliteration

citraśarmā'pi kṛtvātha prāsādaṃ sumanoharam | tatra hemamayaṃ liṃgaṃ sthāpayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ

Translation

Alors Citraśarman bâtit lui aussi un sanctuaire des plus ravissants; et là, avec dévotion, il installa un liṅga d’or.

Word by Word

• चित्रशर्मा: Citraśarman (a person)
• चित्रशर्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रशर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘also/even’

• कृत्वा: having made/done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having done/made’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/thereupon)

• प्रासादम्: a temple/mansion
• प्रासादम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सुमनोहरम्: very beautiful
• सुमनोहरम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रासादम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• हेममयम्: made of gold
• हेममयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हेमस्य मयः = made of gold); विशेषण (लिङ्गम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• स्थापयामास: installed, set up
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative) ‘caused to be placed/installed’

• भक्तितः: out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे ‘out of’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ) implied in surrounding narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Citraśarman supervises artisans raising a beautiful prāsāda; at the sanctum’s center he installs a radiant golden liṅga, lamps and garlands framing the moment of consecration.

Characters & Entities

• Citraśarman
• Hāṭakeśvara (implied by context)
• Śiva (implied by liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through sacred construction and consecration (temple-building and liṅga installation) becomes a lasting act of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara shrine/tīrtha is glorified through the account of its beautiful prāsāda and the installed golden liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prāsāda-nirmāṇa (temple construction) and hema-liṅga-sthāpana (installation of a golden liṅga) performed with bhakti.