Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अथ संपूजयामास यल्लिंगं स्थापितं पुरा । अर्जुनेश्वर संज्ञं तु पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः

Transliteration

atha saṃpūjayāmāsa yalliṃgaṃ sthāpitaṃ purā | arjuneśvara saṃjñaṃ tu puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ

Translation

پھر اس نے اُس لِنگ کی باقاعدہ پوجا کی جو قدیم زمانے میں قائم کیا گیا تھا، اور جو ‘ارجُنےشور’ کے نام سے معروف تھا—پھولوں، دھوپ اور خوشبودار لیپ کے ساتھ۔

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तरार्थक-निपात (then/now)

• saṃpūjayāmāsa: worshipped
• saṃpūjayāmāsa: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√pūj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; अर्थे—पूजयामास (he worshipped)

• yat: which
• yat: Visheshana (Relative modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-विशेषण (relative pronoun qualifying liṅgam)

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

• sthāpitam: established
• sthāpitam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: भूतकालिक कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि—स्थापितम् (having been established)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (formerly/once)

• arjuna-īśvara: Arjuneśvara (name)
• arjuna-īśvara: Samjna (Name/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arjuna (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: अर्जुनस्य ईश्वरः / अर्जुन-ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• saṃjñam: named
• saṃjñam: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—संज्ञम् (named/called)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• puṣpa-dhūpa-anulepanaiḥ: with flowers, incense, and unguents
• puṣpa-dhūpa-anulepanaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + anulepana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर: पुष्पं धूपः अनुलेपनं च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करणत्वे (with flowers, incense, and unguents)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arjuneśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience/inquirer (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Arjuna stands before a black stone liṅga on a yoni-pīṭha, offering garlands, incense smoke curling upward, and sandal paste; lamps flicker in a sanctum with carved pillars.

Characters & Entities

• Arjuneśvara
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anciently established liṅgas are to be honored with simple, sincere offerings; continuity of worship sustains the sanctity of the kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arjuneśvara—an established Śiva-liṅga within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā using puṣpa (flowers), dhūpa (incense), and anulepana (fragrant anointing/unguents).