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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

ततस्तान्ब्राह्मणानाह प्रासादः क्रियतामिति । गोत्रंगोत्रं पुरस्कृत्य स्थाप्यं लिंगमनुत्तमम् । येन संक्रमणं तेषु मम संजायतेद्विजाः

Transliteration

tatastānbrāhmaṇānāha prāsādaḥ kriyatāmiti | gotraṃgotraṃ puraskṛtya sthāpyaṃ liṃgamanuttamam | yena saṃkramaṇaṃ teṣu mama saṃjāyatedvijāḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അദ്ദേഹം ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാരോട് പറഞ്ഞു—“ഒരു പ്രാസാദം (ക്ഷേത്രം) പണിയുക.” ഗോത്രം ഗോത്രമായി യഥോചിത ബഹുമാനം നൽകി അനുത്തമ ലിംഗം സ്ഥാപിക്കണം; അതുവഴി, ഹേ ദ്വിജന്മാരേ, അവരിൽ എന്റെ കൃപാമയ സംക്രമണം (ഉദ്ധാര-ബന്ധം) ജനിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
Formकाल/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: “then/thereupon”)
तान्those (men)
तान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)
ब्राह्मणान्brahmins
ब्राह्मणान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)
आहsaid
आह:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअह्/ब्रू (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular)
प्रासादःa temple/palace
प्रासादः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
क्रियताम्let (it) be made
क्रियताम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive imperative: “let it be made”)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्ति-सूचक (quotative particle)
गोत्रम्clan, lineage
गोत्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् पुनरुक्ति (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; in distributive repetition)
गोत्रम्(each) clan
गोत्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (distributive: “each clan”)
पुरस्कृत्यhaving given precedence to
पुरस्कृत्य:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootपुरस्-कृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): “having placed in front/honoured”
स्थाप्यम्to be installed
स्थाप्यम्:
Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/future passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom., Singular): “to be established”
लिङ्गम्liṅga (Śiva emblem)
लिङ्गम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed, excellent
अनुत्तमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)
येनby which
येन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental Singular: “by which”)
संक्रमणम्transference, passage (of merit/presence)
संक्रमणम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंक्रमण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)
तेषुin them, among them
तेषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Locative Plural: “among/in them”)
ममof me, my
मम:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive Singular: “of me”)
संजायतेarises, comes into being
संजायते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-जन् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada)
द्विजाःO brahmins (twice-born)
द्विजाः:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)
Speaker

Śiva (deduced from command and Trilocana context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A leader/authority addresses an assembly of brāhmaṇas, pointing to a chosen plot. Artisans measure ground; a central pedestal awaits an ‘anuttama’ liṅga. Scrolls list gotras in order, indicating ceremonial precedence.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
B
brāhmaṇas
L
liṅga
P
prāsāda (temple)
G
gotra

FAQs

Building a shrine and establishing a Śiva-liṅga with proper social-ritual order (gotra honor) becomes a channel for divine grace.

The passage is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative; the precise toponym is not present in this verse alone.

Construct a prāsāda (temple) and install anuttama liṅgas, honoring each gotra appropriately.

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