Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

आराधितं दिवा नक्तं राज्ये संस्थाप्य पुत्रकम् । नियोज्य सर्वतो भृत्यान्धनवस्त्रसमन्वितान्

Transliteration

ārādhitaṃ divā naktaṃ rājye saṃsthāpya putrakam | niyojya sarvato bhṛtyāndhanavastrasamanvitān

Translation

Aku memuja Śiva siang dan malam; setelah menempatkan putraku di atas takhta, kutugaskan para pelayan di segala penjuru, lengkap dengan harta dan pakaian.

Word by Word

• ārādhitam: worshipped, propitiated
• ārādhitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-rādh (धातु) → ārādhita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle ‘having been worshipped/propitiated’

• divā: by day
• divā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• naktam: by night
• naktam: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: naktam (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• rājye: in the kingdom
• rājye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; locative ‘in the kingdom’

• saṃsthāpya: having installed
• saṃsthāpya: Kriya-viseshana (Absolutive/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु) → saṃsthāpya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having स्थापित/installed’

• putrakam: the son
• putrakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; diminutive ‘son/young son’

• niyojya: having appointed
• niyojya: Kriya-viseshana (Absolutive/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√yuj (धातु) → niyojya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having appointed/assigned’

• sarvataḥ: everywhere, on all sides
• sarvataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘on all sides/entirely’

• bhṛtyān: servants
• bhṛtyān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• dhana-vastra-samanvitān: endowed with wealth and clothing
• dhana-vastra-samanvitān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + vastra (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष; ‘धनेन वस्त्रेण च समन्वित’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; qualifies ‘bhṛtyān’

Speaker

Narrator (devotee’s first-person account within the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura Śiva-liṅga (context)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king-devotee worships Śiva day and night while his son sits on the throne; attendants, clothed and provisioned, manage duties—temple and palace shown as a single devotional ecosystem.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly responsibility (rāja-dharma) can be harmonized with unwavering devotion by orderly delegation and sustained worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse emphasizes disciplined worship and administration; the site is part of the surrounding Camatkārapura/tīrtha narrative but not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous ārādhana—worship performed both day and night—supported by practical arrangements.