Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

ततश्चायतनं तस्याः कृत्वा श्रद्धासमन्वितः । जगाम वांछितं देशं सृष्ट्यर्थं यत्नमास्थितः

Transliteration

tataścāyatanaṃ tasyāḥ kṛtvā śraddhāsamanvitaḥ | jagāma vāṃchitaṃ deśaṃ sṛṣṭyarthaṃ yatnamāsthitaḥ

Translation

Alors, animé de foi, il fit édifier pour elle un sanctuaire, puis se rendit au pays désiré, s’appliquant avec ardeur à l’œuvre de la création.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequencer/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरं (thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• आयतनम्: a shrine/abode
• आयतनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्याः: for her / of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) अव्यय; ‘having made’

• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; सम्+अनु+√इ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (श्रद्धया समन्वितः)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वाञ्छितम्: desired
• वाञ्छितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √वाञ्छ्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त (past participle) ‘desired’—देशं विशेषयति

• देशम्: to the place
• देशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सृष्टि-अर्थम्: for the purpose of creation
• सृष्टि-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सृष्ट्यर्थः = सृष्टेः अर्थः/हेतुः); प्रयोजनार्थे द्वितीया

• यत्नम्: effort
• यत्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आस्थितः: having undertaken
• आस्थितः: Kriya (Predicative action/state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √स्था (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त (past participle) ‘having undertaken/assumed’—विधेय-विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Khaṇḍaśilā (shrine precinct)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-s

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāmadeva, now restored, supervises the building of a small shrine; artisans set a sanctum stone, priests perform consecration rites; afterward he departs with purposeful stride toward a distant land.

Characters & Entities

• Unnamed devotee/agent (saḥ)
• Goddess figure implied by 'tasyāḥ'

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Founding and maintaining sacred abodes is a dharmic act; faith (śraddhā) makes place itself spiritually efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate context is the establishment of the local shrine within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha narrative (associated with Kāmeśvara/Khaṇḍaśilā tradition).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act of creating an āyatana (shrine) as a devotional foundation act is highlighted.