Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तद्रूपस्य कलामेकां स्थापयात्र जनार्दन । यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे विष्णो तदिदं क्रियतां त्वया

Transliteration

tadrūpasya kalāmekāṃ sthāpayātra janārdana | yadi tuṣṭo'si me viṣṇo tadidaṃ kriyatāṃ tvayā

Translation

اے جناردن! اُس ہی روپ کی ایک الٰہی جھلک یہاں قائم فرما؛ اگر تو مجھ سے خوش ہے، اے وشنو، تو یہ کام اپنے ہی ہاتھوں سے کر دے۔

Word by Word

• tadrūpasya: of that form
• tadrūpasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• kalām: a portion / aspect
• kalām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ekām: one
• ekām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कलाम् इति विशेषणम्

• sthāpaya: establish / set up
• sthāpaya: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• janārdana: O Janārdana
• janārdana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Kartā (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; त्वम् इति विशेषणम्

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: for me / of me
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (genitive/dative), एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (for me/of me)

• viṣṇo: O Viṣṇu
• viṣṇo: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• tad: that
• tad: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; इदम् इति विशेषणम्

• idam: this (request)
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kriyatām: let it be done
• kriyatām: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartā (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee petitions Vishnu: hands folded, eyes uplifted; behind them a nascent shrine-site is suggested—an empty pedestal or sanctum awaiting installation—while Vishnu’s radiant form indicates assent and potential descent as a kalā.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Viṣṇu
• Kalā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion culminates in service to the world: requesting a divine presence to be established at a place for enduring benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request is to install the Lord ‘here’ (atra) at the tīrtha of the chapter; the verse does not name it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā (establishing a divine portion or presence) is explicitly requested.