Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततः संस्थाप्य तल्लिंगं देवदेवस्य शूलिनः । सम्यगाराधयामास श्रद्धया परया युतः

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃsthāpya talliṃgaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ | samyagārādhayāmāsa śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ

Translation

پھر اس نے دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا، شُولِن کے اُس لِنگ کو قائم کر کے، اعلیٰ ترین عقیدت کے ساتھ درست طریقے سے پوجا کی۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/हेतुवाचक (then/thereupon)

• saṃsthāpya: having installed/established
• saṃsthāpya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (स्था, धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); उपसर्गः सम्-

• tat-liṅgam: that liṅga
• tat-liṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (tat eva liṅgam)

• deva-devasya: of the god of gods
• deva-devasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (devānāṃ devaḥ)

• śūlinaḥ: of Śūlin (Śiva, trident-bearer)
• śūlinaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūlin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; शिवस्य नाम

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (properly)

• ārādhayāmāsa: worshipped, propitiated
• ārādhayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rādh (राध्, धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative stem (णिच्) ārādhaya-

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• parayā: supreme, intense
• parayā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; विशेषण (śraddhayā)

• yutaḥ: endowed (with)
• yutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (endowed/associated)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (within Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within the sacred field, the king installs a Śiva-liṅga and performs meticulous worship with intense faith; lamps, flowers, bilva leaves, and abhiṣeka vessels surround the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śūlin, Devadeva)
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a holy place, correct ritual worship of Śiva—grounded in deep śraddhā—becomes a powerful means to obtain divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship occurs at the Camatkārapura-kṣetra introduced in the immediately preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga installation (saṃsthāpana) followed by proper ārādhana (formal worship/propitiation).