Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तेनागत्यात्र सत्क्षेत्रे तोषितो मधुसूदनः । प्रासादं शोभनं कृत्वा ततश्चैव प्रतिष्ठितः

Transliteration

tenāgatyātra satkṣetre toṣito madhusūdanaḥ | prāsādaṃ śobhanaṃ kṛtvā tataścaiva pratiṣṭhitaḥ

Translation

Als er in dieses heilige Kṣetra kam, war Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu) wohlgefällig gestimmt. Dann wurde ein prächtiger Tempel errichtet, und der Herr wurde dort rituell rechtmäßig eingesetzt.

Word by Word

• tena: by him/thereby
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• āgatya: having come
• āgatya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Conjunctive action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘गम्’ धातोः उपसर्गपूर्वक

• atra: here
• atra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• satkṣetre: in the holy place
• satkṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सत् क्षेत्रम् = holy field)

• toṣitaḥ: pleased
• toṣitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective of madhusūdanaḥ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: toṣita (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• madhusūdanaḥ: Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)
• madhusūdanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मधोः सूदनः = slayer of Madhu)

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

• śobhanam: beautiful
• śobhanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (prāsādam)

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Conjunctive action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla (Temporal adverb/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• pratiṣṭhitaḥ: was established/installed
• pratiṣṭhitaḥ: Kriyā (Implied verb ‘was established’/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratiṣṭhita (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee arrives at the holy kṣetra, offers worship that pleases Madhusūdana; artisans raise a splendid prāsāda; priests perform installation rites with kalasha, Vedic chants, and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service expressed through building and consecrating a shrine pleases the Lord and sanctifies a place into a celebrated kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A satkṣetra within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 96), where Madhusūdana is installed—part of the local sacred geography praised by the Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā: the formal installation/consecration of the deity after constructing a prāsāda (temple).