Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

कारितास्तेन वीरेण प्रासादाः सप्तभूमिकाः । यत्किं चित्कुरुते कार्यं शुभं मांगल्यरूपकम्

Transliteration

kāritāstena vīreṇa prāsādāḥ saptabhūmikāḥ | yatkiṃ citkurute kāryaṃ śubhaṃ māṃgalyarūpakam

Translation

Par ce héros furent édifiés des palais à sept étages. Et toute action qu’on entreprend, propice et de nature mangala—

Word by Word

• कारिताः: made/constructed
• कारिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कारित (कृदन्त, णिच्-प्रयोज्य)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भावे ‘made/caused to be made’

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• वीरेण: by the hero
• वीरेण: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; अपपद-सम्बन्धे ‘तेन वीरेण’

• प्रासादाः: palaces/mansions
• प्रासादाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: संख्यावाचक विशेषण (indeclinable-like numeral used adjectivally)

• भूमिकाः: storeys/tiers
• भूमिकाः: Visheshya (Qualified noun/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘storeys/levels’

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• किं: anything
• किं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थे

• चित्: ever/at all
• चित्: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चितार्थक-निपात (enclitic particle)

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• कार्यम्: a task/rite to be done
• कार्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातोः यत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कार्यम् इति विशेषणम्

• मांगल्य: auspiciousness
• मांगल्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation in compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माङ्गल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• रूपकम्: having the nature/form (of auspiciousness)
• रूपकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘माङ्गल्य-रूपकम्’ = माङ्गल्यरूपम् (having the form of auspiciousness)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A heroic patron oversees the raising of seven-storeyed prāsādas; artisans carve pillars; priests mark auspicious moments; the complex gleams as a center for maṅgala acts.

Characters & Entities

• Prāsāda (mansion/temple)
• Dharmāraṇya (implied context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred construction and properly framed auspicious undertakings become supports for dharma and are praised as meritorious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, the sanctified region where such prāsādas and rites are described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse introduces the category of śubha-māṅgalya undertakings (auspicious rites), setting up the following verses that list specific saṁskāras and donations.