Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

वातोपि तेन वित्तेन प्रतिग्रहकृतेन च । चकार तत्र प्रासादं देवदेवस्य शूलिनः

Transliteration

vātopi tena vittena pratigrahakṛtena ca | cakāra tatra prāsādaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ

Translation

വാതനും പ്രതിഗ്രഹം വഴി ലഭിച്ച ആ ധനത്തോടെ അവിടെ ദേവദേവനായ ത്രിശൂലധാരി ശൂലിനൻ (ശിവൻ)ക്കായി ഒരു പ്രാസാദ-ക്ഷേത്രം പണിതു।

Word by Word

• वातः: Vāta (a person named Vāta)
• वातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचनम्

• वित्तेन: with wealth
• वित्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचनम्

• प्रतिग्रहकृतेन: obtained by accepting gifts
• प्रतिग्रहकृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिग्रह-कृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृत = कृ-धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचनम्; समासः: प्रतिग्रहस्य कृतेन/कृतेन (done by acceptance)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• चकार: made; built
• चकार: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

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

• देवदेवस्य: of the god of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचनम्; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: देवानां देवः

• शूलिनः: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूलिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapālamocana

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor-figure (Vāta) supervises the raising of a lofty prāsāda; artisans carve pillars while priests mark the ground-plan; Śiva as Śūlin is envisioned as the presiding deity, with trident iconography and auspicious banners.

Characters & Entities

• Vāta
• Śiva (Śūlin, Devadeva)
• Kapālamocana-tīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth becomes sanctified when directed toward Śiva’s worship and the building of dharmic institutions at a sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The construction is described within the Kapālamocana-tīrtha māhātmya setting of Adhyāya 269.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Temple-building (prāsāda-nirmāṇa) for Śiva is presented as a meritorious act supported by properly obtained dāna resources.