Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

प्रासादं निर्मयित्वाथ रूपं संस्थाप्य शूलिनः । कुण्डं चक्रे च तद्रूपं स्वच्छोदकसमावृतम्

Transliteration

prāsādaṃ nirmayitvātha rūpaṃ saṃsthāpya śūlinaḥ | kuṇḍaṃ cakre ca tadrūpaṃ svacchodakasamāvṛtam

Translation

«Après avoir bâti le sanctuaire et y avoir établi la forme sacrée de Śūlin, il fit aussi un kuṇḍa, bassin saint correspondant à cette forme, tout entouré d’une eau limpide.»

Word by Word

• प्रासादम्: palace/temple-building
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• निर्मयित्वा: having constructed/made
• निर्मयित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निर्मा (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having done)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• रूपम्: form/image
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संस्थाप्य: having installed
• संस्थाप्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त/ल्यपन्त-अव्यय (absolutive), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having installed/established)

• शूलिनः: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूलिनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• कुण्डम्: pond/tank
• कुण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चक्रे: made/constructed
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• तद्रूपम्: of that form / having that form
• तद्रूपम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (that-form)

• स्वच्छोदकसमावृतम्: covered/filled with clear water
• स्वच्छोदकसमावृतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वच्छ (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्-आवृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √वृ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘समावृत’; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वच्छोदकेन समावृतम्)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himāpātodbhava-tīrtha (as referenced in the passage)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra (best of Brahmins) (explicitly addressed in the surrounding passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A patron-sage completes a stone prāsāda; before it stands Śūlin’s installed form; nearby a newly formed kuṇḍa gleams with crystal-clear water, reflecting the trident-bearing Lord’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Śūlin (Śiva)
• Kuṇḍa (sacred tank)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṣetras are supported by devotional works—temple and tīrtha-water are established to make worship and purification accessible to devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, including its temple and associated kuṇḍa (sacred water body).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establish a temple, perform installation of Śiva’s form, and create/maintain a sacred kuṇḍa with pure water—supporting pūjā and tīrtha practices.