Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

एवं विस्तारयामास विश्वकर्मा बहून्यपि । मन्दिराणि यथायोग्यं यत्र तत्रैव तिष्ठताम्

Transliteration

evaṃ vistārayāmāsa viśvakarmā bahūnyapi | mandirāṇi yathāyogyaṃ yatra tatraiva tiṣṭhatām

Translation

Ainsi, Viśvakarmā étendit et ordonna encore bien des sanctuaires et demeures, selon ce qui convenait, afin que ceux qui devaient rester là où ils étaient établis y demeurent.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of manner)

• विस्तारयामास: expanded / caused to spread
• विस्तारयामास: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विस्तारय् (धातु) [विस्तार (प्रातिपदिक) + णिच्]
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; सकर्मक

• विश्वकर्मा: Viśvakarmā
• विश्वकर्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; विशेषण (mandirāṇi इत्यस्य)

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• मन्दिराणि: temples / buildings
• मन्दिराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• यथायोग्यम्: as appropriate
• यथायोग्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + योग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial: 'according to suitability')

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: relative)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: correlative)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (restrictive particle)

• तिष्ठताम्: let them remain / stay
• तिष्ठताम्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद; तृतीयपुरुष, बहुवचन; आज्ञार्थ (injunctive/command)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced; Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedārakṣetra (Kedāra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarmā, radiant and tool-bearing, surveys the Kedāra landscape and ‘unfolds’ multiple shrines and dwellings across ridges and valleys, each placed where it naturally belongs; pilgrims and attendants appear as small figures amid newly formed mandiras.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma expresses itself through order and appropriateness—each being is provided a suitable place within a sacred event.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred environment is the setting; the verse underscores the expansion of mandiras within that holy precinct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; it narrates the systematic preparation of mandiras for participants.