Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

येन रामेश्वरश्चात्र निर्मितो लक्ष्मणेश्वरः । सीतादेवी तथा मूर्ता येन चात्र प्रतिष्ठिता

Transliteration

yena rāmeśvaraścātra nirmito lakṣmaṇeśvaraḥ | sītādevī tathā mūrtā yena cātra pratiṣṭhitā

Translation

ผู้ใดได้สถาปนา “ราเมศวร” ณ ที่นี้ ผู้นั้นยังได้สร้าง “ลักษมเณศวร” ด้วย และ ณ สถานที่เดียวกันนี้เอง ได้อัญเชิญและประกอบพิธีประดิษฐานรูปเคารพแห่งเทวีสีตาไว้

Word by Word

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• रामेश्वरः: Rāmeśvara (Lord of Rama)
• रामेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य ईश्वरः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• निर्मितः: was built/constructed
• निर्मितः: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्मा/नि-मा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• लक्ष्मणेश्वरः: Lakṣmaṇeśvara
• लक्ष्मणेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लक्ष्मणस्य ईश्वरः)

• सीतादेवी: Goddess Sītā
• सीतादेवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता + देवी (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सीता एव देवी)

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चय (thus/also)

• मूर्ता: embodied, in image-form
• मूर्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘सीतादेवी’)

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• प्रतिष्ठिता: was installed/established
• प्रतिष्ठिता: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from surrounding dialogue style of Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara; Lakṣmaṇeśvara; Sītā-devī-pratiṣṭhā (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma as founder-pratiṣṭhātā: installing a Śiva-liṅga named Rāmeśvara; establishing Lakṣmaṇeśvara; consecrating Sītā’s image—priests, kalasha, Vedic fire, and sacred waters present.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmeśvara
• Lakṣmaṇeśvara
• Sītādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are sanctified through devotion expressed as consecration—establishing Śiva-liṅgas and installing divine forms becomes an enduring act of dharma and remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-context tied to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and the Rājasvāmi–Rājavāpī sacred complex (as indicated by the adhyāya colophon in this unit).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (ritual consecration/installation) of deities—Rāmeśvara, Lakṣmaṇeśvara, and Sītā’s mūrti—implied as meritorious acts in the tīrtha.