The inscription was inscribed by order of Dyah Lokapala (Rakai Kayuwangi) right after the end of Rakai Pikatan's reign and gave a detailed description of a grand temple compound dedicated to Shiva called Shivagrha ("the House of Shiva"), corresponding to the Prambanan temple compound.

The project was done by cutting the river along a north-to-south axis along the outer wall of the Shivagrha Temple compound.

Also mentioned is that the King (Pikatan) was a Shivaist, in contrast to his queen consort Pramodhawardhani, who was a Buddhist.

The inscription mentions a battle for royal succession against Jatiningrat (Rakai Pikatan), the rebel having made a fortress of hundreds of stones for refuge.

However, this theory was revisited as it was more likely that it was Rakai Walaing pu Kumbayoni who challenged Pikatan's authority as the new monarch of the Mataram kingdom.