Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 170

Devanagari script

जीर्णे नव्यं स्वर्णमयं प्रासादं साप्यकारयत् । ततस्तुष्टो महादेवस्तस्या भक्त्यातितोषितः

Transliteration

jīrṇe navyaṃ svarṇamayaṃ prāsādaṃ sāpyakārayat | tatastuṣṭo mahādevastasyā bhaktyātitoṣitaḥ

Translation

古き社が朽ちたとき、彼女は黄金の新たな寺院を造らせた。するとマハーデーヴァは、彼女の信愛により甚だ歓喜し、満足された。

Word by Word

• jīrṇe: when (it was) old / in the old (state)
• jīrṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jīrṇa (कृदन्त; √jṛ/जॄ "to decay")
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे (contextual; used adverbially as locative absolute-like: "when/after it was old")

• navyam: new
• navyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• svarṇamayam: made of gold
• svarṇamayam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svarṇa + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (material: "made of gold"), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• prāsādam: palace/temple-building
• prāsādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• akārayat: had (it) built / caused to be made
• akārayat: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + ṇic (causative/णिच्)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); णिजन्त (causative): "caused to be made"

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Kāla/Sequence marker (काल/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverb)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ/तुष् "to be pleased")
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ("great god"), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhaktyā: by devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• atitoṣitaḥ: greatly delighted
• atitoṣitaḥ: Karta-predicative (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati + toṣita (कृदन्त; √tuṣ/तुष्)
• Form: उपसर्ग-युक्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle with prefix), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāra-liṅga (Kumāreśa/Kumārīśa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted woman commissions a new golden prāsāda where an old shrine has crumbled; artisans raise shining walls and a kalasha while unseen Śiva’s presence is felt, culminating in divine satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• prāsāda (temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restoring sacred spaces is a high dharma: devotion expressed through temple renewal draws the direct grace of Mahādeva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies the prāsāda within the Kumārikā sacred region, emphasizing its renewal as part of the kṣetra’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Commissioning/rebuilding a shrine (prāsāda) is presented as a meritorious religious act.