Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

स्तम्भेश्वरस्ततो देवः स्थापितस्त्र्यक्षसूनुना । विरिंचिप्रमुखैर्देवैर्जातानन्दैः समं तदा

Transliteration

stambheśvarastato devaḥ sthāpitastryakṣasūnunā | viriṃcipramukhairdevairjātānandaiḥ samaṃ tadā

Translation

پھر تین آنکھوں والے شِو کے فرزند نے بھگوان ستَمبھیشور کو قائم کیا؛ وِرِنچی (برہما) کی قیادت میں سب دیوتا اُس وقت مل کر مسرور ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• स्तम्भेश्वरः: Stambheśvara (the Lord at/associated with the pillar)
• स्तम्भेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तम्भ-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; स्तम्भ + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana/Temporal (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = 'thereupon/then/from there'

• देवः: the god/deity
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थापितः: was स्थापित/installed
• स्थापितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच्?; कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि (स्थापित)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/भूतकर्मणि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• त्र्यक्षसूनुना: by the son of the three-eyed (Śiva) (i.e., Skanda/Kumāra)
• त्र्यक्षसूनुना: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive; करण/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्र्यक्ष-सूनु (प्रातिपदिक; त्र्यक्ष + सूनु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; त्र्यक्ष = शिव (three-eyed)

• विरिंचिप्रमुखैः: with those headed by Virinci (Brahmā)
• विरिंचिप्रमुखैः: Karana (Instrument/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरिंचि-प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक; विरिंचि + प्रमुख)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier)

• देवैः: by/with the gods
• देवैः: Karana (Instrument/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• जातानन्दैः: with (gods) having arisen joy / rejoicing
• जातानन्दैः: Karana (Instrument/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात-आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक; जात + आनन्द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• समम्: together
• समम्: Sahartha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = 'together/equally'

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana/Temporal (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Staṃbheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana (a son of Pāṇḍu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda, son of the Three-Eyed Śiva, performs the installation of the Staṃbheśvara liṅga; Brahmā and the assembled gods rejoice, showering flowers; the shrine space glows with auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Stambheśvara
• Skanda
• Śiva (Tryakṣa)
• Brahmā (Viriñci)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred site is born through proper installation of the Lord; divine joy signifies the world-benefit of establishing Śiva-worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Stambheśvara—the ‘Lord of the Pillar’—is the central sacred presence of this newly consecrated pilgrimage locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga/Deity installation (sthāpana/pratiṣṭhā) performed by Skanda in the presence of the gods.