Shloka 39 - Adhyaya 151 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Tamil | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

अन्धक उवाच । अनेनैव तु रूपेण शृलाग्रस्थितमत्तनुम् । यो मर्त्योर्च्चां प्रकृत्वा ते स्थापयिष्यति भूतले

Transliteration

andhaka uvāca | anenaiva tu rūpeṇa śṛlāgrasthitamattanum | yo martyorccāṃ prakṛtvā te sthāpayiṣyati bhūtale

Translation

அந்தகன் கூறினான்—இதே வடிவில், திரிசூலத்தின் முனையில் நிலைத்துள்ள உமது திருமேனியை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்டு—எந்த மனிதன் உமக்கு அர்ச்சனை செய்யத் திருவுருவம் செய்து பூமியில் நிறுவுவானோ…

Word by Word

अन्धकःAndhaka

उवाचsaid

अनेनby/with this

एवindeed, just

तुbut

रूपेणin the form

शूलाग्रस्थितम्placed on the tip of the trident

मत्-तनुम्my body

यःwho

मर्त्यःa mortal

अर्चाम्an image (idol)

प्रकृत्वाhaving made

तेfor you

स्थापयिष्यतिwill स्थापित/establish

भूतलेon the earth

Speaker

Andhaka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka specifies a worship-form: Śiva’s body set upon the trident’s tip; he speaks of a mortal who will craft and establish this image on earth for worship.

Characters & Entities

Andhaka

Śiva

Śūla (trident)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred forms (arcā) make divine presence accessible; installing a deity-form anchors dharma in the human world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage is within a Tīrthamāhātmya of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; this verse itself does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Creating an arcā (worship-image) and establishing (installing) it on the ground—i.e., mūrti-pratiṣṭhā in a Śaiva context.