Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

तस्याश्चापि वधस्थानमट्टालजमिति स्थितम् । भविष्यति पुरं तत्र मां च संस्थापयिष्यति

Transliteration

tasyāścāpi vadhasthānamaṭṭālajamiti sthitam | bhaviṣyati puraṃ tatra māṃ ca saṃsthāpayiṣyati

Translation

അവളുടെ വധസ്ഥലം ‘അട്ടാലജം’ എന്നായി നിലനിൽക്കും; അവിടെ ഒരു നഗരം രൂപപ്പെടും; അവൻ അവിടെ എന്നെയും പ്രതിഷ്ഠിക്കും.

Word by Word

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• api: also
• api: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• vadhasthānam: place of slaying/execution-site
• vadhasthānam: Karta/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadha + sthāna (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (vadhasya sthānam)

• aṭṭālajam: Aṭṭālaja (so called/derived from Aṭṭālaya)
• aṭṭālajam: Karta/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṭṭālaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (aṭṭālayāt jātaṃ/utpannam)

• iti: thus
• iti: Discourse marker (उद्धरण-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative)

• sthitam: is established/known
• sthitam: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle)

• bhaviṣyati: will be; will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• puram: a town/city
• puram: Karta/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (as predicate nominative)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adverbial (देश-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री/पुं (उभय), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• saṃsthāpayiṣyati: will install/establish
• saṃsthāpayiṣyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग) + ṇic (णिच्/causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṭṭālaja

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The battlefield site is marked with a victory-stambha; artisans and priests prepare a sanctum as the king installs the Devī, while the new town ‘Aṭṭālaja’ rises around it.

Characters & Entities

• Aṭṭālaja (place)
• Aṭṭālayā (context)
• Vatsarāja (implied)
• Vatseśvarī/Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is born from dharmic victories, culminating in temple स्थापना (enshrinement) that sustains protection for future ages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṭṭālaja, the named locale arising from the demoness’ slaying, within the Dharmāraṇya–Mahīsāgara sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃsthāpana—installation/enshrinement of the Devī at that place (temple consecration in principle).