Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

प्रासादं कारयामास तस्य लिंगस्य शोभनम् । नाम चक्रे ततस्तस्य विचार्य च मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

prāsādaṃ kārayāmāsa tasya liṃgasya śobhanam | nāma cakre tatastasya vicārya ca muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

Il fit bâtir un splendide sanctuaire pour ce liṅga. Puis, après y avoir réfléchi maintes et maintes fois, il lui donna un nom.

Word by Word

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

• कारयामास: caused to be made; had built
• कारयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोजक (Causative) + लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of that; its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• शोभनम्: beautiful; splendid
• शोभनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (प्रासादम्)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• चक्रे: made; assigned
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ततः = ‘then’)

• तस्य: of it
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• विचार्य: having considered
• विचार्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+चर् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/य), ‘having considered’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• मुहुः: again; repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति—अत्यर्थं पुनःपुनः)

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgareśvara (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Caṇḍaśarman oversees artisans raising a splendid prāsāda around the liṅga; scaffolding, carved pillars, and ritual pots indicate sacred construction; he contemplates a fitting name.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍaśarman
• Śiva-liṅga
• prāsāda (temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion matures into stewardship: building and maintaining sacred spaces becomes an expression of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The emerging Nāgareśvara shrine-site is being established as a permanent pilgrimage landmark through temple construction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a rite of worship, but a dhārmic act: constructing a proper temple (prāsāda) for the liṅga.