Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 215

Devanagari script

कस्मिन्स्थाने च शक्रेण तच्च लिंगं प्रतिष्ठितम । वदास्माकं महाभाग तस्मिन्दृष्टे तु किं फलम्

Transliteration

kasminsthāne ca śakreṇa tacca liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitama | vadāsmākaṃ mahābhāga tasmindṛṣṭe tu kiṃ phalam

Translation

“شکر (اِندر) نے وہ لِنگ کس مقام پر قائم کیا تھا؟ اے نہایت سعادت مند! ہمیں بتائیے—اُس (لِنگ) کے درشن سے کیا پھل حاصل ہوتا ہے؟”

Word by Word

• कस्मिन्: in which?
• कस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थाने: place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• शक्रेण: by Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रेण: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); here agreeing with लिङ्गम् (acc.)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and/also)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); here as कर्म (object)

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: was installed/established
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; लिङ्गम्-समन्वय

• वद: tell
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• अस्माकम्: to us / of us
• अस्माकम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक; महा + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/thing)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुं, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दृष्टे: upon seeing (it)
• दृष्टे: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्समये प्रयोग; भूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular) — 'when/after it is seen'

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (but/indeed)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Visheshana (Interrogative qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta/Predicate nominal (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Questioner(s) (not explicit in the snippet; within the ongoing dialogue frame of the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Indra-pratiṣṭhita Liṅga (name not given in this verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Inquirer(s) addressing ‘mahābhāga’ (likely the narrating sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful group addresses a sage: they ask where Indra installed the liṅga and what merit arises from seeing it; the liṅga is envisioned as the unseen focal point.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is tied to devotion: knowing the site of installation and the fruit of darśana guides pilgrims toward merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question pertains to a liṅga within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra/Bālamaṇḍana-tīrtha narrative setting of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing/visiting) of the installed liṅga is implied as a meritorious act; the verse asks for its specific phala.