Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

भूमिपुत्रस्ततस्तस्मिन्स्थापयामास शङ्करम् । गतः सुरालये लोके ग्रहभावे निवेशितः

Transliteration

bhūmiputrastatastasminsthāpayāmāsa śaṅkaram | gataḥ surālaye loke grahabhāve niveśitaḥ

Translation

అప్పుడు భూమిపుత్రుడు ఆ స్థలంలోనే శంకరుని ప్రతిష్ఠించాడు. అనంతరం అతడు సురలోకానికి వెళ్లి, గ్రహదేవత స్థితిలో నియమింపబడ్డాడు।

Word by Word

• bhūmi-putraḥ: son of the earth
• bhūmi-putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूमेः पुत्रः)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/अनन्तर-वाचक adverb: 'then/from there')

• tasmin: in that (place/time)
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (locative)

• sthāpayāmāsa: installed / caused to be placed
• sthāpayāmāsa: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative: 'caused to be placed/ स्थापितवान्')

• śaṅkaram: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṅkaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• gataḥ: having gone
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject-participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• surālaye: in the abode of the gods
• surālaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura-ālaya (प्रातिपदिक; सुर + आलय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुराणाम् आलयः)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• graha-bhāve: in the state/role of a ग्रह (planet)
• graha-bhāve: Adhikarana (State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ग्रहस्य भावः = ग्रहत्वम्/ग्रह-स्थिति)

• niveśitaḥ: was appointed/placed
• niveśitaḥ: Karta (Subject in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-viś (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (placed/appointed)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgārakeśvara/Śaṅkara-sthāna at Revā-tīrtha (contextual inference from Aṅgāraka linkage)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhūmiputra performs a solemn installation of Śaṅkara (liṅga/pratimā) at the tīrtha; afterward he is shown ascending to the celestial realm, taking his seat among the Navagrahas as Aṅgāraka (Mars).

Characters & Entities

• Bhūmi-putra (Aṅgāraka)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Sura-loka
• Graha-bhāva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is memorialized through sthāpanā (sacred installation), turning a narrative event into a living tīrtha for future devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha where Aṅgāraka establishes Śaṅkara; the chapter treats this locale as a merit-bestowing pilgrimage spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, liṅga/Śaṅkara-sthāpanā as a sanctifying act; explicit snāna and pūjā prescriptions follow in subsequent verses.