Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

चित्रांगदोपि तत्रैव कृत्वा प्रासादमुत्तमम् । लिंगं संस्थापयामास देवदेवस्य शूलिनः

Transliteration

citrāṃgadopi tatraiva kṛtvā prāsādamuttamam | liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa devadevasya śūlinaḥ

Translation

จิตรางคทะก็ได้สร้างเทวาลัยอันงดงามขึ้น ณ ที่แห่งนั้น และได้ประดิษฐานศิวลึงค์แห่งพระผู้ทรงตรีศูล ผู้เป็นเทพแห่งทวยเทพ

Word by Word

• चित्रांगदः: Citrāṅgada
• चित्रांगदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्राङ्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक (also)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक (there)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थक (indeed)

• कृत्वा: having built/made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); अव्ययम्; पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having made)

• प्रासादम्: palace, temple-building
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (प्रासादम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• संस्थापयामास: installed, established
• संस्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + सम्-उपसर्ग; णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; धातुः—स्था; उपसर्गः—सम्; णिच्—स्थापयति; अर्थः—प्रतिष्ठापयामास

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां देवः)

• शूलिनः: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूलिनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्; विशेषण-नाम (हरस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration from prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Citrāṅgada oversees the building of a splendid temple; priests perform rites as a liṅga of Śūlin (Śiva with trident) is installed—cranes, stone blocks, ritual vessels, and a sanctum taking shape.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāṅgada
• Śiva (Śūlin, Devadeva)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Founding a shrine and installing a liṅga is presented as a dharmic act that anchors Śiva’s presence in the landscape and generates lasting merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The act occurs “there itself” within the Adhyāya 144 tīrtha setting; the verse does not specify the site-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation of a Śiva-liṅga) and temple construction as devotional acts.