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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

नांदीमुखं मण्डपस्थापनं च तथा चैतत्कुरु धर्मेण युक्तम् । महानदीसंगमं वर्जयित्वा कुर्वंति केचिद्वेदमनीषिणश्च

Transliteration

nāṃdīmukhaṃ maṇḍapasthāpanaṃ ca tathā caitatkuru dharmeṇa yuktam | mahānadīsaṃgamaṃ varjayitvā kurvaṃti kecidvedamanīṣiṇaśca

Translation

Accomplis le rite de Nāndīmukha et l’érection du pavillon également — fais tout cela en accord avec le dharma. Certains, bien qu’érudits dans le Veda, accomplissent ces rites en évitant la confluence des grands fleuves.

Word by Word
नांदीमुखम्the nāndīmukha rite/ceremony
नांदीमुखम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनांदीमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—नांदी + मुख (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/निर्देशार्थः)
मण्डपस्थापनम्erection/setting up of the pavilion
मण्डपस्थापनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमण्डप + स्थापना (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—मण्डपस्य स्थापना (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार/समुच्चयवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कुरुdo (you)
कुरु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
धर्मेणwith righteousness/according to dharma
धर्मेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन
युक्तम्proper/appropriate, joined with
युक्तम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयुक्त (कृदन्त; युज् धातोः क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि-विशेषण (past passive participle)
महानदीसंगमम्the confluence of a great river
महानदीसंगमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहानदी + संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—महानद्याः संगमः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)
वर्जयित्वाhaving avoided/excluding
वर्जयित्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवर्ज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)
कुर्वन्तिthey do
कुर्वन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
केचित्some (people)
केचित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम (some)
वेदमनीषिणःlearned in the Veda
वेदमनीषिणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवेद + मनीषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समासः—वेदे मनीषा यस्य/वेदविषये मनीषी (तत्पुरुषः)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (with implied saṅgama-prādhānya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages and officiants prepare a ritual pavilion; a river confluence is visible in the distance, suggesting the neglected saṅgama; the mood is admonitory yet serene.

Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu
Ś
Śiva (addressed as Śambhu in adjacent verses)
N
Nāndīmukha
M
Maṇḍapa
M
Mahānadī-saṅgama (confluence of great rivers)

FAQs

Ritual correctness is not merely technical—true auspiciousness arises when rites are performed in harmony with dharma and sacred geography.

While the chapter is within Kedāra’s sacred frame, the verse also references the wider sanctity of mahānadī-saṅgamas (major river confluences) as potent ritual locales.

Perform Nāndīmukha and maṇḍapa-sthāpana as dharma requires; the verse critiques avoiding major river confluences when undertaking such rites.

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