Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

स्थापयित्वा महल्लिगं भक्त्या देवस्य शूलिनः । प्रासादं च ततश्चक्रे कैलासशिखरोपमम्

Transliteration

sthāpayitvā mahalligaṃ bhaktyā devasya śūlinaḥ | prāsādaṃ ca tataścakre kailāsaśikharopamam

Translation

Après avoir établi avec dévotion un grand Liṅga pour le Seigneur au trident (Śiva), il fit ensuite bâtir un palais-temple semblable au sommet du Kailāsa.

Word by Word

• स्थापयित्वा: having installed/established
• स्थापयित्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् causative → स्थापय्; त्वा-प्रत्यय (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (त्वान्त/absolutive, gerund); कर्तृसापेक्षम्—पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having caused to be established)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण

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

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-भावे

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• शूलिनः: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूलिनः: Sambandha (Genitive apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; विशेष्य-देवस्य विशेषण/उपाधि

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• चक्रे: made/built
• चक्रे: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद-रूपेण अर्थः (he made)

• कैलासशिखरोपमम्: resembling the peak of Kailāsa
• कैलासशिखरोपमम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक) + शिखर (प्रातिपदिक) + उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कैलासस्य शिखरम् इव उपमः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; प्रासादम् इति विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (implied; not explicit here)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-king/principal patron installs a towering black stone liṅga with ritual vessels and bilva leaves; behind rises a white, terraced temple-palace with snow-peak contours like Kailāsa, with Śiva’s trident emblem and fluttering banners.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śūlin)
• Liṅga
• Kailāsa
• Prāsāda (temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through establishing Śiva’s Liṅga and building a shrine is presented as a powerful dhārmic act that sanctifies a place and restores sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse implies a sanctified locale through Liṅga स्थापना and temple construction, but the specific tīrtha-name is not stated in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation of a Liṅga) performed with bhakti is indicated; no detailed procedure is given here.