Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 215

Devanagari script

कस्मिन्स्थाने च शक्रेण तच्च लिंगं प्रतिष्ठितम । वदास्माकं महाभाग तस्मिन्दृष्टे तु किं फलम्

Transliteration

kasminsthāne ca śakreṇa tacca liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitama | vadāsmākaṃ mahābhāga tasmindṛṣṭe tu kiṃ phalam

Translation

ശക്രൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) ആ ലിംഗം ഏത് സ്ഥലത്ത് പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു? ഹേ മഹാഭാഗാ, ഞങ്ങളോട് പറയുക—അതിന്റെ ദർശനത്തിൽ എന്ത് ഫലം ലഭിക്കും?

Word by Word

• कस्मिन्: in which?
• कस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थाने: place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• शक्रेण: by Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रेण: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); here agreeing with लिङ्गम् (acc.)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and/also)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); here as कर्म (object)

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: was installed/established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; लिङ्गम्-समन्वय

• वद: tell
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• अस्माकम्: to us / of us
• अस्माकम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक; महा + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/thing)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुं, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृष्टे: upon seeing (it)
• दृष्टे: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्समये प्रयोग; भूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular) — 'when/after it is seen'

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (but/indeed)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Visheshana (Interrogative qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta/Predicate nominal (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Questioner(s) (not explicit in the snippet; within the ongoing dialogue frame of the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indra-pratiṣṭhita Liṅga (name not given in this verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Inquirer(s) addressing ‘mahābhāga’ (likely the narrating sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful group addresses a sage: they ask where Indra installed the liṅga and what merit arises from seeing it; the liṅga is envisioned as the unseen focal point.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is tied to devotion: knowing the site of installation and the fruit of darśana guides pilgrims toward merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question pertains to a liṅga within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra/Bālamaṇḍana-tīrtha narrative setting of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing/visiting) of the installed liṅga is implied as a meritorious act; the verse asks for its specific phala.