Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दुर्वासा हर्षसंयुतः । क्षितिदानोद्भवां चक्रे स्वस्ति ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः । प्रासादं निर्ममे पश्चात्तस्य वाक्ये व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā durvāsā harṣasaṃyutaḥ | kṣitidānodbhavāṃ cakre svasti brāhmaṇasattamāḥ | prāsādaṃ nirmame paścāttasya vākye vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

সেই বাক্য শুনে হর্ষে পরিপূর্ণ দুর্বাসা ভূমিদানের ফলে উদ্ভূত মঙ্গলাশীর্বাদ উচ্চারণ করলেন। পরে নিজের কথায় স্থির থেকে সেই ব্রাহ্মণশ্রেষ্ঠ দেবালয়ের প্রাসাদ নির্মাণ করলেন।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (pronoun) — 'of him/of that'

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular) — विशेषण (demonstrative)

• वचनम्: speech/statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — 'having heard'

• दुर्वासा: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• हर्षसंयुतः: joined with joy; delighted
• हर्षसंयुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √युज्)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (instrumental sense) — 'hर्षेण संयुतः'

• क्षितिदानोद्भवाम्: (a thing) arising from the gift of land
• क्षितिदानोद्भवाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — 'क्षितिदानस्य उद्भवा'

• चक्रे: did/made
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद-रूप (classical usage)

• स्वस्ति: hail; auspiciousness
• स्वस्ति: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Benediction/मङ्गल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मङ्गलार्थक-अव्यय (benedictive particle/interjection)

• ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः: the best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारयः — 'सत्तमाः ब्राह्मणाः'

• प्रासादम्: palace/temple-building
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• निर्ममे: constructed
• निर्ममे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्मा (धातु; निर् + √मा)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• वाक्ये: in (his) words; in the statement
• वाक्ये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्यवस्थितः: resolved/abiding (by it)
• व्यवस्थितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि + अव + √स्था)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past participle) — 'standing/settled'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā, radiant with joy, raises his hand in blessing as the donor’s land-gift is affirmed; artisans begin laying foundations for a prāsāda in a tīrtha landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Suśīla
• Brāhmaṇas
• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Atonement culminates in auspicious action: charity (land-gift) and establishing worship through a temple transforms conflict into sacred merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative sacralizes the location where the Śiva-prāsāda is built, but the tīrtha’s proper name is not contained in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Land donation accompanied by svasti (benediction) and the construction of a prāsāda (temple) for Śiva are the key prescribed acts.