Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

प्रासादं नाकरोत्तत्र लिंगं यावन्न चालयेत् । वासुदेवस्य योग्यां च कृत्वा शालां बृहत्तराम्

Transliteration

prāsādaṃ nākarottatra liṃgaṃ yāvanna cālayet | vāsudevasya yogyāṃ ca kṛtvā śālāṃ bṛhattarām

Translation

เขามิได้ยกปราสาทขึ้น ณ ที่นั้นตราบใดที่ลึงค์ยังไม่ควรถูกเคลื่อนย้าย และยังได้สร้างศาลา/มณฑปอันกว้างใหญ่เหมาะสมถวายแด่วาสุเทวะด้วย

Word by Word

• prāsādam: a palace/temple-building
• prāsādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• akarot: he made/built
• akarot: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदी; अर्थः—अकरोत् (he made/did)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Desha-adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• liṅgam: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• yāvat: until, as long as
• yāvat: Avadhi (Limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाण/अवधिबोधक (until/as long as)

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• cālayet: should move
• cālayet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cal (चल् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदी; causative (णिच्) भावः—चालयेत् (should move)

• vāsudevasya: of Vāsudeva
• vāsudevasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• yogyām: suitable
• yogyām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘शालाम्’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); अर्थः—कृत्वा (having made)

• śālām: hall, shelter
• śālām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• bṛhattarām: larger
• bṛhattarām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bṛhat + tara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative)—‘larger’; विशेषणम् ‘शालाम्’

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, by Mahātmya narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Architects pause construction, honoring the fixed liṅga; around it they plan a prāsāda that avoids disturbance, while a broad hall is built to one side for Vāsudeva’s worship.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Vāsudeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred building must honor divine presence: a liṅga is not to be casually moved, and worship-spaces should be made suitable and expansive for proper devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya locale where a liṅga is established and Vāsudeva is also honored; the single verse does not name the tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A clear dhārmic constraint is implied: do not disturb/move the liṅga; additionally, provide an appropriate śālā for Vāsudeva’s worship.