Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

प्रासादं नाकरोत्तत्र लिंगं यावन्न चालयेत् । वासुदेवस्य योग्यां च कृत्वा शालां बृहत्तराम्

Transliteration

prāsādaṃ nākarottatra liṃgaṃ yāvanna cālayet | vāsudevasya yogyāṃ ca kṛtvā śālāṃ bṛhattarām

Translation

اُس نے وہاں اُس وقت تک پرساد تعمیر نہ کیا جب تک لِنگ کو ہلانا لازم نہ ہو؛ اور واسودیو کے لیے بھی ایک کشادہ اور موزوں شالا/منڈپ بنا دیا۔

Word by Word

• prāsādam: a palace/temple-building
• prāsādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• akarot: he made/built
• akarot: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदी; अर्थः—अकरोत् (he made/did)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Desha-adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

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

• yāvat: until, as long as
• yāvat: Avadhi (Limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाण/अवधिबोधक (until/as long as)

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• cālayet: should move
• cālayet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cal (चल् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदी; causative (णिच्) भावः—चालयेत् (should move)

• vāsudevasya: of Vāsudeva
• vāsudevasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• yogyām: suitable
• yogyām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘शालाम्’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); अर्थः—कृत्वा (having made)

• śālām: hall, shelter
• śālām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• bṛhattarām: larger
• bṛhattarām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bṛhat + tara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative)—‘larger’; विशेषणम् ‘शालाम्’

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, by Mahātmya narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Architects pause construction, honoring the fixed liṅga; around it they plan a prāsāda that avoids disturbance, while a broad hall is built to one side for Vāsudeva’s worship.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Vāsudeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred building must honor divine presence: a liṅga is not to be casually moved, and worship-spaces should be made suitable and expansive for proper devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya locale where a liṅga is established and Vāsudeva is also honored; the single verse does not name the tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A clear dhārmic constraint is implied: do not disturb/move the liṅga; additionally, provide an appropriate śālā for Vāsudeva’s worship.