Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

सहस्रगुणितं सम्यक्छ्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा । अन्यथा यस्तु चंद्रस्य प्रासादं प्रकरिष्यति

Transliteration

sahasraguṇitaṃ samyakchraddhāpūtena cetasā | anyathā yastu caṃdrasya prāsādaṃ prakariṣyati

Translation

إذا أُنجز الأمر على وجهه الصحيح، بقلبٍ طهّرته الشَّرَدْها (الإيمان)، تضاعف الثواب ألفَ ضعف. أمّا من شرع في بناء قصر-معبد تشاندرا (إله القمر) على غير هدى، دون الروح والقاعدة الواجبتين…

Word by Word

• sahasra-guṇitam: multiplied a thousandfold
• sahasra-guṇitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √guṇ ‘multiply’/denom.)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘सहस्रेण गुणितम्’

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक (adverb)

• śraddhā-pūtena: with (a mind) purified by faith
• śraddhā-pūtena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक) + pūta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √pū ‘purify’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘श्रद्धया पूतः’

• cetasā: with the mind
• cetasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक (adverb: otherwise)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेष (particle: but/indeed)

• caṃdrasya: of the Moon (Candra)
• caṃdrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• prāsādam: palace/temple-building
• prāsādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• prakariṣyati: will make/construct
• prakariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Soma-prāsāda (Candra temple)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two patrons contrasted: one builds Soma’s prāsāda with reverent, purified mind and receives a thousandfold radiance; another builds carelessly, the aura dimming—an ethical-ritual caution tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Śraddhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith (śraddhā) and correctness of intention elevate merit; careless or improper religiosity is cautioned against.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Candra/Soma shrine context is continued; the verse focuses on the inner qualification (śraddhā) rather than a location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the Candra-prāsāda act ‘samyak’—properly and with śraddhā—otherwise adverse consequences follow (continued in the next verse).