Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

य एकाहेन संपाद्य प्रासादं स्थापयिष्यति । चंद्रं स सर्वदेवोत्थहर्म्यस्याप्नोति सत्फलम्

Transliteration

ya ekāhena saṃpādya prāsādaṃ sthāpayiṣyati | caṃdraṃ sa sarvadevotthaharmyasyāpnoti satphalam

Translation

Wer es innerhalb eines einzigen Tages vollendet und für Candra einen Palast‑Tempel errichtet, der erlangt die wahre Frucht, gleich der Frucht eines Palast‑Heiligtums, das aus dem Verdienst aller Götter hervorgeht.

Word by Word

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

• ekāhena: in one day
• ekāhena: Karana (Instrument/Time-means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (एकः अहः)

• saṃpādya: having completed
• saṃpādya: Kriya (Non-finite/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + pad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; having accomplished

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

• sthāpayiṣyati: will establish
• sthāpayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) [णिच् causative: sthāpay-]
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; causative

• caṃdram: the Moon (Candra)
• caṃdram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• sarva-deva-uttha-harmyasyā: of the palace arisen from all the gods
• sarva-deva-uttha-harmyasyā: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + uttha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + harmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वदेवेभ्यः उत्पन्नं हर्म्यम्)

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sat-phalam: good fruit (excellent result)
• sat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सत् फलम्)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Soma-prāsāda (Candra temple)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within one day, artisans and priests raise a shining Soma prāsāda; at sunset the consecration occurs, and a radiant aura suggests the ‘all-gods’ fruit descending upon the patron.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Sarvadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intensity and resolve in sacred giving/building can magnify merit; swift completion with devotion is praised.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Candra-prāsāda tradition is being exalted within the chapter’s Soma/Candra māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establishing a Candra prāsāda, with emphasis on completing/setting it up within a single day (ekāha).