Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तथा संस्थापितं तत्र विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । लिंगं प्रासादमाधाय प्रोत्तुंगशिखरान्वितम्

Transliteration

tathā saṃsthāpitaṃ tatra viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | liṃgaṃ prāsādamādhāya prottuṃgaśikharānvitam

Translation

اسی طرح وہاں قادرِ مطلق ویشنو نے ایک لِنگ کی پرتیِشٹھا کی، اور اسے نہایت بلند شِکھر والے مندر کے پرساد میں قائم فرمایا۔

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• संस्थापितम्: installed, established
• संस्थापितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + णिच्; संस्थापित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “having been established/installed”

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: “there”)

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• प्रभविष्णुना: by the mighty (sovereign) Viṣṇu
• प्रभविष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक) + विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् विष्णुना (qualifier: “mighty/sovereign Viṣṇu”)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• प्रासादम्: a temple, palace-like shrine
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• आधाय: having placed, having set up
• आधाय: Kriya (Non-finite verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); “having placed/established (having set up)”

• प्रोत्तुङ्गशिखरान्वितम्: endowed with very lofty spires
• प्रोत्तुङ्गशिखरान्वितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-उत्तुङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + शिखर (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विशेषणसमास); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् प्रासादम्/लिङ्गम् (endowed with very lofty peaks)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha) (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu, radiant and regal, installs a Śiva-liṅga within a newly raised stone prāsāda crowned by an exceptionally tall śikhara; priests hold kalaśas, lamps, and garlands as the consecration moment culminates.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya emphasizes unity of devotion: even Viṣṇu participates in liṅga consecration, highlighting harmony and shared reverence within sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as continued from the preceding chapter’s colophon and context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga installation and enshrinement in a prāsāda with a high śikhara (spire) is described.