Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

एवमस्त्विति सा कांता लिंगमादाय रत्नजम् । नाट्यमण्डपिकास्तंभे निधाय प्राविशद्गृहम्

Transliteration

evamastviti sā kāṃtā liṃgamādāya ratnajam | nāṭyamaṇḍapikāstaṃbhe nidhāya prāviśadgṛham

Translation

“ଏବମସ୍ତୁ” ବୋଲି ସେ ପ୍ରିୟା ରତ୍ନସମୁଦ୍ଭବ ଲିଙ୍ଗକୁ ନେଇ ନାଟ୍ୟ-ମଣ୍ଡପିକାର ସ୍ତମ୍ଭରେ ନିଧାନ କରି ପରେ ଗୃହକୁ ପ୍ରବେଶ କଲା।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• इति: thus (saying)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative), एकवचन

• कान्ता: beloved woman
• कान्ता: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; (विशेष्यरूपेण ‘सा’ इत्यस्य)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Kriyā (Gerund; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘आदाय’ = having taken

• रत्नजम्: made of jewels
• रत्नजम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत्न + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: रत्नस्य जातम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘लिङ्गम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नाट्यमण्डपिकास्तम्भे: on the pillar of the small theatre-hall
• नाट्यमण्डपिकास्तम्भे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाट्य + मण्डपिका + स्तम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (तत्पुरुष; ‘नाट्यमण्डपिकायाः स्तम्भः’ इति); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case/Locative), एकवचन

• निधाय: having placed
• निधाय: Kriyā (Gerund; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘निधाय’ = having placed

• प्राविशत्: entered
• प्राविशत्: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• गृहम्: the house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (speaker not explicit in verse snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman (kāntā) discreetly carries a jewel-like Liṅga and inserts it into a pillar inside a small theatre pavilion; lamplight, carved wooden/stone pillar, hush of secrecy, then she turns toward the inner house.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Nāṭyamaṇḍapikā (theatre-pavilion)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Responsibility begins with practical care; safeguarding what is sacred is part of righteous conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the setting is a nāṭyamaṇḍapikā (pavilion) within a narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; it describes the act of depositing (nidhāna) the liṅga for protection.