Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

भानुमत्या च गौरीणां स्थापितं च चतुष्टयम् । विदुरेणाथ शल्येन कलिं गेन युयुत्सुना

Transliteration

bhānumatyā ca gaurīṇāṃ sthāpitaṃ ca catuṣṭayam | vidureṇātha śalyena kaliṃ gena yuyutsunā

Translation

ଭାନୁମତୀ ମଧ୍ୟ ଗୌରୀଦେବୀମାନଙ୍କ ଚାରି ଲିଙ୍ଗ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା କଲେ; ଏବଂ ବିଦୁର, ଶଲ୍ୟ, କଲିଙ୍ଗ, ଯୁୟୁତ୍ସୁ ମଧ୍ୟ (ଲିଙ୍ଗ) ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା କଲେ।

Word by Word

• भानुमत्या: by Bhānumatī
• भानुमत्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• गौरीणाम्: of the Gaurīs
• गौरीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• स्थापितम्: was established/installed
• स्थापितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुष्टयम्: a set of four
• चतुष्टयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुष्टय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समूहवाचक (set of four)

• विदुरेण: by Vidura
• विदुरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक अव्यय (then/next)

• शल्येन: by Śalya
• शल्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कलिङ्गेन: by Kaliṅga
• कलिङ्गेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• युयुत्सुना: by Yuyutsu
• युयुत्सुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुत्सु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ (assembled sages/Brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhānumatī installs four Gaurī icons/altars; nearby, Vidura, Śalya, Kaliṅga, and Yuyutsu each perform liṅga worship, creating a bustling sacred complex of multiple shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānumatī
• Gaurī
• Vidura
• Śalya
• Kaliṅga
• Yuyutsu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is shown through a constellation of Śiva-Śakti worship—multiple consecrations by many devotees create a living sacred landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting continues in Adhyāya 74.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Consecration/ स्थापना of groups of shrines (a catuṣṭaya) and individual installations by named devotees.