Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तवाहं देवदेवस्य शम्भोः प्रासादमुत्तमम् । विधायाराधयिष्यामि तमेव वृषभध्वजम्

Transliteration

tavāhaṃ devadevasya śambhoḥ prāsādamuttamam | vidhāyārādhayiṣyāmi tameva vṛṣabhadhvajam

Translation

Pour vous, j’édifierai un temple excellent à Śambhu, le Dieu des dieux, et j’adorerai ce Seigneur même dont l’étendard porte le taureau.

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवदेवस्य: of the god of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवस्य)

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu
• शम्भोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

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

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रासादम्)

• विधाय: having built/arranged
• विधाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु; √धा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• आराधयिष्यामि: I will worship
• आराधयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु; √राध्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• वृषभध्वजम्: the one whose banner is the bull (Śiva)
• वृषभध्वजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्य ध्वजः वृषभः सः)

Speaker

The muni (unnamed in the provided snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage proclaims he will build an excellent Śiva temple; iconographic cues: Nandin/bull-banner motif, trident, crescent moon, serene yet majestic Śiva presence envisioned.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Devadeva
• Vṛṣabhadhvaja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes enduring when expressed through service—building a temple and worshipping Śiva are praised as lofty acts of bhakti and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The line speaks generally of establishing Śiva’s prāsāda within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; it does not name the exact site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Construction of a Śiva-temple (prāsāda) and subsequent ārādhana (formal worship/propitiation).