Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

ऐशान्यामष्टकोणं तु मध्ये चैकं विधा नतः । प्रत्येकं मण्डपं शुभ्रं स्तम्भैः षोडशभिर्युतम्

Transliteration

aiśānyāmaṣṭakoṇaṃ tu madhye caikaṃ vidhā nataḥ | pratyekaṃ maṇḍapaṃ śubhraṃ stambhaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiryutam

Translation

في الشمال الشرقي يُجعل ثمانيَّ الأضلاع، وفي الوسط يُنشأ واحدٌ آخر وفق القاعدة. وليكن كلُّ مَندَپا ناصعًا مباركًا، مُهيّأً بستةَ عشرَ عمودًا.

Word by Word

• ऐशान्याम्: in the northeast
• ऐशान्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐशानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; दिशावाचक-शब्दः (in the northeast)

• अष्टकोणम्: octagonal
• अष्टकोणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् + कोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (अष्टौ कोणाः यस्य)

• तु: then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विधानतः: according to prescription
• विधानतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); ‘according to rule/prescription’

• प्रत्येकम्: each
• प्रत्येकम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + एक (अव्यय/समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अव्यय; ‘each, individually’

• मण्डपम्: pavilion
• मण्डपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शुभ्रम्: white; bright
• शुभ्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• स्तम्भैः: with pillars
• स्तम्भैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• षोडशभिः: with sixteen
• षोडशभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडशन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• युतम्: endowed; furnished
• युतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘युक्त’ = endowed/connected

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A complete ritual complex: in the northeast an octagonal fire-pit; at the center another pit; around them stand bright white pavilions, each supported by sixteen pillars, forming a sacred grid.

Characters & Entities

• Northeast (Aiśānya)
• Center (madhya)
• Maṇḍapa
• Sixteen pillars

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A well-ordered sacred center (madhya) and pure surroundings support concentration and invite divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the rite is portrayed as a mandala-like arrangement of kuṇḍas and halls.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Make an octagonal kuṇḍa in the northeast, another in the center, and build each maṇḍapa with sixteen pillars.