Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 3
Kāma and Indra’s Attempt to Shatter Chastity; the ‘Abode of Satya’ and the Ethics of the Virtuous Home
विसृजामि महास्थानं वास्तुरूपं सुखोदयम् । सत्याख्यं च सुप्रियाख्यं सुदेवाख्यं गृहोत्तमम्
visṛjāmi mahāsthānaṃ vāsturūpaṃ sukhodayam | satyākhyaṃ ca supriyākhyaṃ sudevākhyaṃ gṛhottamam
“Aku memancarkan kediaman agung—berwujud rumah yang menumbuhkan kebahagiaan: rumah utama bernama Satya, juga disebut Supriya, dan disebut pula Sudeva.”
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses in Bhūmi-khaṇḍa 56).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: temple
Sandhi Resolution Notes: महास्थानं = महा-स्थानम्; वास्तुरूपं = वास्तु-रूपम्; सुखोदयम् = सुख-उदयम्; सत्याख्यं/सुप्रियाख्यं/सुदेवाख्यं = X-आख्यम्; गृहोत्तमम् = गृह-उत्तमम्.
FAQs
It frames the “place” not merely as geography but as an ordered, auspicious habitation—implying sacred or dharmic space shaped by right design and purpose.
Multiple epithets commonly highlight different qualities: truth/alignment (Satya), dearness/auspiciousness (Supriya), and divine goodness or beneficent divinity (Sudeva).
The verse associates true well-being with rightly constituted space—suggesting that happiness is supported by dharmic order, truthfulness, and auspicious orientation rather than mere luxury.