Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तेनैव भूभुजा तत्र लिंगं संस्थापितं शुभम् । आनर्तेश्वरसंज्ञं च सर्व सिद्धिप्रदं नृणाम्

Transliteration

tenaiva bhūbhujā tatra liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpitaṃ śubham | ānarteśvarasaṃjñaṃ ca sarva siddhipradaṃ nṛṇām

Translation

اسی بادشاہ نے وہاں ایک مبارک لِنگ قائم کیا، جو ‘آنرتیشور’ کے نام سے معروف ہے، اور انسانوں کو ہر طرح کی سِدھیاں عطا کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• tena: by him/with that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण/particle: ‘indeed/only’)

• bhūbhujā: by the king
• bhūbhujā: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū-bhuj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (भूः + भुज् = भूमिं भुङ्क्ते इति ‘king’)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• 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, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्म (object)

• saṃsthāpitam: established
• saṃsthāpitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√sthā (स्था धातु) + ṇic (causative) → saṃsthāpaya + kta (क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘established’

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (liṅgam)

• ānarta-īśvara-saṃjñam: named ‘Ānarteśvara’
• ānarta-īśvara-saṃjñam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ānarta (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (आनर्तस्य ईश्वरः; तस्य संज्ञा यस्य = ‘named Ānarteśvara’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/conjunction)

• sarva: all
• sarva: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (siddhipradam)

• siddhi-pradam: granting success
• siddhi-pradam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (√dā धातु + प्र; ‘giver’ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सिद्धिं प्रददाति इति)

• nṛṇām: of men/people
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānarteśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king performs liṅga-pratiṣṭhā beside a sacred pond: priests chant, kalasha waters are poured, the liṅga is adorned with bilva and garlands; the name ‘Ānarteśvara’ is proclaimed as devotees gather.

Characters & Entities

• Ānarteśvara
• Śiva (implied by liṅga)
• King Ānarta/Suhaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Founding and honoring Śiva’s liṅga in a sacred place is portrayed as a powerful dharmic act that yields broad spiritual attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ānarteśvara liṅga shrine established at the same locality as the deva-made pond described in Adhyāya 65.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing a liṅga) is referenced as the foundational sacred act.