Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अयुतेनैव विस्तारं योजनानां द्विजोत्तमाः । मंडपं च गुणोपेतं नानाश्चर्यसमन्विततम्

Transliteration

ayutenaiva vistāraṃ yojanānāṃ dvijottamāḥ | maṃḍapaṃ ca guṇopetaṃ nānāścaryasamanvitatam

Translation

Ô meilleur des deux-fois-nés, ce pavillon s’étendait sur dix mille yojanas ; pourvu de toutes les qualités et rempli de maintes merveilles étonnantes.

Word by Word

• अयुतेन: by ten-thousand (measure)
• अयुतेन: Karana (Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात

• विस्तारम्: extent, breadth
• विस्तारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas
• योजनानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best brāhmaṇas
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘best of twice-born’), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मण्डपम्: pavilion
• मण्डपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• गुणोपेतम्: possessed of virtues/qualities
• गुणोपेतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण + उपेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘endowed with qualities’), क्त-कृदन्त, पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• नाना: various
• नाना: Qualifier (Modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषणार्थक (indeclinable adjective: ‘various’)

• आश्चर्य: wonders, marvels
• आश्चर्य: Qualifier (Modifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• समन्विततम्: most endowed/filled
• समन्विततम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अनु + इ (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त, क्त) + तमप्
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त + तमप् (superlative), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalyāṇa-maṇḍapa (cosmic pavilion)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamas/sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pavilion of unimaginable size, stretching beyond the horizon, filled with countless wonders—pillars like mountains, altars like constellations, banners like clouds.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred realm is portrayed as immeasurably vast and wondrous, inspiring śraddhā (faith) and reverence for the divine presence in a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra as presented in the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; the verse focuses on the mahātmya-style description of the sacred pavilion.