Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

हरलिंगं प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्वनाम्ना चांतिके तदा । त्रिकालं पूजयामास गन्धपुष्पानुलेपनैः

Transliteration

haraliṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya svanāmnā cāṃtike tadā | trikālaṃ pūjayāmāsa gandhapuṣpānulepanaiḥ

Translation

Kemudian dia menegakkan sebuah Hara-liṅga di sisi, menamakannya dengan namanya sendiri; tiga kali sehari dia memujanya dengan harum-wangian, bunga, dan minyak sapuan persembahan.

Word by Word

• हरलिङ्गम्: Śiva-liṅga
• हरलिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; हर + लिङ्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हरस्य लिङ्गम्)

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); अव्ययभाव (having installed/established)

• स्वनाम्ना: with her own name
• स्वनाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वनामन् (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + नामन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन; साधन/उपायार्थे (by/with her own name)

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

• अन्तिके: nearby
• अन्तिके: Adhikarana (Place locus/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; देशाधिकरणे (near/at the vicinity)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then/at that time)

• त्रिकालम्: thrice daily
• त्रिकालम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial accusative/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिकाल (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + काल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (three times a day)

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गन्धपुष्पानुलेपनैः: with perfumes, flowers, and unguents
• गन्धपुष्पानुलेपनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धपुष्पानुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक; गन्ध + पुष्प + अनुलेपन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (गन्धैः पुष्पैः अनुलेपनैः च)

Speaker

Narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (with adjacent Hara-liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetic installs a liṅga beside the sacred area, performs consecration, then worships it three times daily with sandal paste, flowers, and fragrant unguents; lamps and offerings arranged neatly.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Along with austerity, regular worship (nitya-pūjā) anchors devotion and sanctifies the sacred place through liṅga-pratiṣṭhā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The act occurs in the kṣetra described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, in the narrative stream leading to Hāṭakeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā, naming the shrine, and trikāla-pūjā using fragrance, flowers, and anointment.