Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

पुत्रेभ्योऽपि यथासंख्यं दत्त्वा चैव पृथक्पृथक् । प्रासादं कारयामास तस्य सूर्यस्य शोभनम्

Transliteration

putrebhyo'pi yathāsaṃkhyaṃ dattvā caiva pṛthakpṛthak | prāsādaṃ kārayāmāsa tasya sūryasya śobhanam

Translation

Nachdem er auch seinen Söhnen ihre gebührenden Anteile, jedem einzeln, zugeteilt hatte, ließ er einen prächtigen Tempelpalast für jene Sonne (Gottheit) errichten.

Word by Word

• पुत्रेभ्यः: to (his) sons
• पुत्रेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन — Masculine, Dative, Plural

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — Emphatic/inclusive particle

• यथासंख्यम्: according to their number; in due proportion
• यथासंख्यम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्यय (adverb) — Indeclinable meaning 'according to number/order'

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — Absolutive (having given)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction) — 'and'

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle) — Emphasis/only/indeed

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति-अव्यय (adverb) — 'separately'

• पृथक्: each separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis) — repeated adverb

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

• कारयामास: caused (it) to be built
• कारयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्ष/परिपूर्ण भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular, Causative: 'caused to be made'

• तस्य: of that; his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Genitive, Singular

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun (god)
• सूर्यस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शोभनम्: beautiful; splendid
• शोभनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; प्रासादम् इति विशेषणम् — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; adjective qualifying 'prāsādam'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūrya-prāsāda (within Camatkārapura)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A splendid Sun-temple palace rises—bright, symmetrical, with a solar emblem; artisans carve pillars while Puṣpa oversees after distributing shares to his sons.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes fairness in household duties and dedicating wealth toward sacred construction for divine worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing glorification is of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, where acts of devotion and expiation are framed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Temple-building (prāsāda-karaṇa) as a devotional act, alongside orderly dāna/distribution within the family.