Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

एके प्रोचुर्न दास्यामः प्रासादार्थं वसुन्धराम् । एतेषामपि चैकस्य तस्माद्गच्छंतु सत्वरम्

Transliteration

eke procurna dāsyāmaḥ prāsādārthaṃ vasundharām | eteṣāmapi caikasya tasmādgacchaṃtu satvaram

Translation

Einige sagten: „Wir werden kein Land für den Bau eines Prāsāda, eines Tempels, geben. Darum sollen sie rasch zu einem der anderen gehen.“

Word by Word

• एके: some (people)
• एके: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• प्रोचुः: said
• प्रोचुः: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• दास्यामः: we will give
• दास्यामः: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• प्रासादार्थम्: for the purpose of a palace/temple
• प्रासादार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष (प्रासादस्य अर्थः/प्रयोजनम्); अव्ययत्वेन प्रयोजनार्थे (for the sake of)

• वसुन्धराम्: the earth/land
• वसुन्धराम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Nipata (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (inclusive/emphatic particle)

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

• एकस्य: of one
• एकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपम्; हेत्वर्थे अव्यय (therefore)

• गच्छन्तु: let them go
• गच्छन्तु: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सत्वरम्: quickly, hastily
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण, manner)

Speaker

Sūta (narration continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A faction of brāhmaṇas/landholders gestures in refusal, palms outward, while pointing petitioners toward another patron; the petitioners look anxious, caught between hope and rejection.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Temple (Prāsāda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Refusing support for sacred works is portrayed as a moral choice with consequences; the narrative contrasts reluctance with later generosity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse focuses on the practical question of land for a temple rather than naming the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dāna-related theme appears: donating land for prāsāda (temple) construction, though no step-by-step ritual is described.