Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

मम बुद्धिः समुत्पन्ना शम्भोरायतनं प्रति । कर्तुं ब्राह्मणशार्दूलास्तस्मात्स्थानं प्रदर्श्यताम्

Transliteration

mama buddhiḥ samutpannā śambhorāyatanaṃ prati | kartuṃ brāhmaṇaśārdūlāstasmātsthānaṃ pradarśyatām

Translation

ในใจเราบังเกิดปณิธานจะสร้างอายตนะของศัมภู; ฉะนั้น โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ดุจพยัคฆ์ โปรดชี้แนะสถานที่อันสมควรเถิด

Word by Word

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• बुद्धिः: thought, intention
• बुद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• समुत्पन्ना: has arisen
• समुत्पन्ना: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उत् + पद् (धातु; √पद्/√पद् ‘to arise’) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (बुद्धिः)

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• आयतनम्: abode, shrine
• आयतनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards, with respect to
• प्रति: Pratiyogi/Direction (Relation/दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध/दिशावाचक (towards/with regard to)

• कर्तुम्: to make/do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु; √कृ)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययभाव

• ब्राह्मणशार्दूलाः: O tigers among Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणशार्दूलाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्राह्मणानां शार्दूलाः)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-रूपेण अव्ययीभावप्राय; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that reason)

• स्थानम्: place, site
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• प्रदर्श्यताम्: let it be shown/please show
• प्रदर्श्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दृश् (धातु; √दृश्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

The muni (unnamed in the provided snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage, hands folded, expresses his resolve to build Śambhu’s sanctuary; brāhmaṇas sit as arbiters of sacred geography, ready to indicate the correct spot on the ground/map-like gesture.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred building is an act of devotion guided by dharma—one should establish Śiva’s abode only after discerning the proper holy location.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse asks that the correct ‘sthāna’ be indicated within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; the specific tīrtha is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies temple establishment (āyatana-nirmāṇa) for Śiva, beginning with selecting/indicating the proper site.