Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

भानुमत्या च गौरीणां स्थापितं च चतुष्टयम् । विदुरेणाथ शल्येन कलिं गेन युयुत्सुना

Transliteration

bhānumatyā ca gaurīṇāṃ sthāpitaṃ ca catuṣṭayam | vidureṇātha śalyena kaliṃ gena yuyutsunā

Translation

بھانو متی نے بھی گوریوں کے چار (لِنگ) قائم کیے؛ اور ودور نے، پھر شلیہ نے، کلنگ نے، اور یویوتسو نے بھی (لِنگ قائم کیے)۔

Word by Word

• भानुमत्या: by Bhānumatī
• भानुमत्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• गौरीणाम्: of the Gaurīs
• गौरीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• स्थापितम्: was established/installed
• स्थापितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुष्टयम्: a set of four
• चतुष्टयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुष्टय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समूहवाचक (set of four)

• विदुरेण: by Vidura
• विदुरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक अव्यय (then/next)

• शल्येन: by Śalya
• शल्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कलिङ्गेन: by Kaliṅga
• कलिङ्गेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• युयुत्सुना: by Yuyutsu
• युयुत्सुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुत्सु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ (assembled sages/Brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhānumatī installs four Gaurī icons/altars; nearby, Vidura, Śalya, Kaliṅga, and Yuyutsu each perform liṅga worship, creating a bustling sacred complex of multiple shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānumatī
• Gaurī
• Vidura
• Śalya
• Kaliṅga
• Yuyutsu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is shown through a constellation of Śiva-Śakti worship—multiple consecrations by many devotees create a living sacred landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting continues in Adhyāya 74.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Consecration/ स्थापना of groups of shrines (a catuṣṭaya) and individual installations by named devotees.