Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

प्रासादं कारयामास तस्य लिंगस्य शोभनम् । नाम चक्रे ततस्तस्य विचार्य च मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

prāsādaṃ kārayāmāsa tasya liṃgasya śobhanam | nāma cakre tatastasya vicārya ca muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

Dia menyuruh didirikan sebuah prasāda (kuil) yang indah bagi liṅga itu. Kemudian, setelah merenung berulang kali, dia pun menetapkan nama baginya.

Word by Word

• प्रासादम्: a temple; palace-like shrine
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कारयामास: caused to be made; had built
• कारयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोजक (Causative) + लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of that; its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• शोभनम्: beautiful; splendid
• शोभनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (प्रासादम्)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• चक्रे: made; assigned
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ततः = ‘then’)

• तस्य: of it
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• विचार्य: having considered
• विचार्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+चर् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/य), ‘having considered’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• मुहुः: again; repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति—अत्यर्थं पुनःपुनः)

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgareśvara (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Caṇḍaśarman oversees artisans raising a splendid prāsāda around the liṅga; scaffolding, carved pillars, and ritual pots indicate sacred construction; he contemplates a fitting name.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍaśarman
• Śiva-liṅga
• prāsāda (temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion matures into stewardship: building and maintaining sacred spaces becomes an expression of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The emerging Nāgareśvara shrine-site is being established as a permanent pilgrimage landmark through temple construction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a rite of worship, but a dhārmic act: constructing a proper temple (prāsāda) for the liṅga.