Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

जयदत्त इति ख्यातः सूर्यवंशसमुद्भवः । ततो मया बहुविधाः प्रासादाः कारिता नृप

Transliteration

jayadatta iti khyātaḥ sūryavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ | tato mayā bahuvidhāḥ prāsādāḥ kāritā nṛpa

Translation

كنتُ مشهورًا باسم «جايدتّا»، مولودًا من السلالة الشمسية. ثم بعد ذلك، أيها الملك، أمرتُ ببناء قصورٍ-معابد شتّى الأنواع.

Word by Word

• jayadattaḥ: Jayadatta (name)
• jayadattaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya + datta (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (जयः दत्तः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; proper name

• iti: thus, called
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• khyātaḥ: was known
• khyātaḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: khyā (धातु) → khyāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate with jayadattaḥ

• sūrya: Sun
• sūrya: Samasa-member (Compound part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद)

• vaṃśa: lineage, dynasty
• vaṃśa: Samasa-member (Compound part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासमध्यपद)

• samudbhavaḥ: born from, descended from
• samudbhavaḥ: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + ud + bhū (धातु) → samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘born from/originating’

• sūryavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ: descended from the Solar dynasty
• sūryavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya + vaṃśa + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सूर्यवंशात् समुद्भवः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/instrumental/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• bahuvidhāḥ: of many kinds
• bahuvidhāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu + vidha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (बहवः विधाः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; qualifying prāsādāḥ

• prāsādāḥ: palaces/temples
• prāsādāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• kāritāḥ: were caused to be built
• kāritāḥ: Kriya (Passive-result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kārita (णिच् causative)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (causative passive sense ‘caused to be made’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; agrees with prāsādāḥ

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa narrating a past-life account)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Jayadatta of the Solar dynasty oversees construction of multiple prāsādas: artisans carving pillars, raising a vimāna, installing lamps; the king offers gifts to workers and priests.

Characters & Entities

• Jayadatta
• Sūryavaṃśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Public works offered in a dharmic spirit—especially sacred edifices—are portrayed as merit-bearing acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it frames a devotional life-story within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Temple/prāsāda construction as a dharmic, merit-generating act.