Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

यश्चैतत्पूरितं कुण्डं पांशुना निखनिष्यति । प्रासादं च पुनश्चैनं करिष्यति पुनर्नवम्

Transliteration

yaścaitatpūritaṃ kuṇḍaṃ pāṃśunā nikhaniṣyati | prāsādaṃ ca punaścainaṃ kariṣyati punarnavam

Translation

Et quiconque ensevelira de nouveau ce bassin comblé de poussière, et quiconque rebâtira encore ce sanctuaire pour le rendre à nouveau neuf—

Word by Word

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• pūritam: filled
• pūritam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pṝ/√pūr (पूर्) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (PPP)

• kuṇḍam: pond
• kuṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• pāṃśunā: with dust
• pāṃśunā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṃśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• nikhaniṣyati: will bury/dig in
• nikhaniṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√khan (खन्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prāsādam: palace/mansion
• prāsādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: again)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• enam: this/it
• enam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kariṣyati: will make
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: again)

• navam: new
• navam: Karma (Object complement/कर्मप्रवचनीय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate/object complement)

Speaker

Narrator introducing a curse/edict context (the king’s forthcoming declaration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-vision moral tableau: one figure burying a kund under dust; another rebuilding the shrine anew—scaffolding, artisans, fresh stone, and a renewed sanctity returning to the site.

Characters & Entities

• kuṇḍa (sacred pond)
• prāsāda (shrine/temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sites are not ordinary property; actions that bury or rebuild them can be bound to moral consequences when done under impure motives or in violation of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s featured kuṇḍa and its prāsāda within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; it discusses physical acts—burying a kuṇḍa and rebuilding a prāsāda—within a moral/edict framework.