Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । यदर्थं स्थापितं लिंगं गन्धमादनपर्वते । रामचन्द्रेण विप्रेंद्र तदिदानीं ब्रवीमि वः

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | yadarthaṃ sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ gandhamādanaparvate | rāmacandreṇa vipreṃdra tadidānīṃ bravīmi vaḥ

Translation

ศรีสูตกล่าวว่า: โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ บัดนี้เราจักบอกท่านทั้งหลายว่า พระรามจันทราได้สถาปนาลิงคะ ณ เขาคันธมาทนะ ด้วยเหตุประการใด

Word by Word

• श्री-सूतः: Śrī Sūta
• श्री-सूतः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् सूतः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यत्-अर्थम्: for what purpose
• यत्-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (for which purpose/why)

• स्थापितम्: established
• स्थापितम्: Karma (Predicate adjective of liṅga/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (placed/established)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• गन्धमादन-पर्वते: on Mount Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादन-पर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषप्रायः (गन्धमादनः पर्वतः)

• रामचन्द्रेण: by Rāmacandra
• रामचन्द्रेण: Karana/Karta (Agent-instrument/करण/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (रामः चन्द्र इव)

• विप्र-इन्द्र: O best of brāhmaṇas
• विप्र-इन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विप्राणाम् इन्द्रः)

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (now)

• ब्रवीमि: I tell
• ब्रवीमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Dative/Genitive 4th/6th), बहुवचन; (enclitic)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gandhamādana-liṅga-sthāna (as per Setu-kathā)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa sages (viprendra addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta begins: a formal opening—‘I shall tell you now’—with Gandhamādana and the liṅga as the focal sacred setting; sages attentive.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Rāmacandra
• Gandhamādana
• Liṅga (Śiva-liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is clarified through purpose-filled sacred acts; narration preserves the dharmic meaning behind holy foundations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Gandhamādana as a sanctified site connected to Rāma’s Śiva-liṅga establishment within the Setu tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-sthāpana (installation) is referenced; details are to be explained in the subsequent narrative.