Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठेनागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये कौरवपाण्डवयादवकृतलिंग प्रतिष्ठावृत्तांतवर्णनंनाम चतुःसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhenāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye kauravapāṇḍavayādavakṛtaliṃga pratiṣṭhāvṛttāṃtavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீ ஸ்கந்த மகாபுராணத்தின் எண்பத்தொன்றாயிரச் சுலோகங்களுடைய ஸம்ஹிதையில், ஆறாம் (நாகர) காண்டத்திலுள்ள ஹாடகேஸ்வர-க்ஷேத்ர மாஹாத்ம்யத்தில், “கௌரவர், பாண்டவர், யாதவர் செய்த லிங்கப் பிரதிஷ்டை நிகழ்வுகளின் வர்ணனை” எனப் பெயர்பெற்ற எழுபத்துநான்காம் அதிகாரம் நிறைவுற்றது।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निगमन/उपसंहारार्थक) indeclinable particle meaning "thus"

• śrī-skāṃde: in the Śrī-Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīskāṃda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative) "in the Śrī-Skanda"

• mahā-purāṇe: in the great Purāṇa
• mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे "in the Mahāpurāṇa"

• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the eighty-one-thousand (collection)
• ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāśīti + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—"in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand"

• saṃhitāyām: in the saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे "in the Saṃhitā"

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—"in the sixth"

• nāgara-khaṇḍe: in the Nāgara section
• nāgara-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagara + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे "in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa"

• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the glory-section of Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭakeśvara + kṣetra + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे "in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra"

• kaurava-pāṇḍava-yādava-kṛta-liṅga: the liṅga made by the Kauravas, Pāṇḍavas, and Yādavas
• kaurava-pāṇḍava-yādava-kṛta-liṅga: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaurava + pāṇḍava + yādava + kṛta (कृ धातु, क्त) + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासपद—"the liṅga made by Kauravas, Pāṇḍavas, and Yādavas" (heading element)

• pratiṣṭhā-vṛttānta-varṇanam: narration of the account of installation
• pratiṣṭhā-vṛttānta-varṇanam: Karta (Title/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratiṣṭhā + vṛttānta + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विषयवाचकं शीर्षकम्—"the narration of the account of installation"

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नामार्थक/इति-समर्थ) indeclinable meaning "named/called"

• catuḥ-saptatitamaḥ: seventy-fourth
• catuḥ-saptatitamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catuḥ + saptati + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक—"seventy-fourth"

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय—"chapter"

Speaker

Redactor/Colophon

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-style colophon scene: sages seated in an āśrama, palm-leaf manuscript and ink-pot visible; in the background, symbolic vignettes of Kauravas, Pāṇḍavas, and Yādavas performing liṅga-pratiṣṭhā at a golden-hued (hāṭaka) shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Mahāpurāṇa
• Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Kauravas
• Pāṇḍavas
• Yādavas
• Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

As a colophon, it primarily preserves the chapter’s theme: the sanctifying power of liṅga-pratiṣṭhā performed at a revered kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, explicitly named in the colophon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (consecration/installation of Śiva-liṅgas) is identified as the central subject of the chapter.