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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दुर्वासा हर्षसंयुतः । क्षितिदानोद्भवां चक्रे स्वस्ति ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः । प्रासादं निर्ममे पश्चात्तस्य वाक्ये व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā durvāsā harṣasaṃyutaḥ | kṣitidānodbhavāṃ cakre svasti brāhmaṇasattamāḥ | prāsādaṃ nirmame paścāttasya vākye vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

その言葉を聞くや、ドゥルヴァーサ（Durvāsā）は歓喜に満ち、土地の施与より生じた吉祥の祝福を宣した。ついで自らの言に従い、その最勝のバラモンは後にプラ―サーダ（prāsāda）を建立した。

Word by Word
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (pronoun) — 'of him/of that'
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular) — विशेषण (demonstrative)
वचनम्speech/statement
वचनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — 'having heard'
दुर्वासाDurvāsā
दुर्वासा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
हर्षसंयुतःjoined with joy; delighted
हर्षसंयुतः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootहर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √युज्)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (instrumental sense) — 'hर्षेण संयुतः'
क्षितिदानोद्भवाम्(a thing) arising from the gift of land
क्षितिदानोद्भवाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षिति (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भवा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — 'क्षितिदानस्य उद्भवा'
चक्रेdid/made
चक्रे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद-रूप (classical usage)
स्वस्तिhail; auspiciousness
स्वस्ति:
Sambodhana/Prayojana (Benediction/मङ्गल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वस्ति (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमङ्गलार्थक-अव्यय (benedictive particle/interjection)
ब्राह्मणसत्तमाःthe best of Brahmins
ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारयः — 'सत्तमाः ब्राह्मणाः'
प्रासादम्palace/temple-building
प्रासादम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
निर्ममेconstructed
निर्ममे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनिर्मा (धातु; निर् + √मा)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
पश्चात्afterwards
पश्चात्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपश्चात् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
वाक्येin (his) words; in the statement
वाक्ये:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
व्यवस्थितःresolved/abiding (by it)
व्यवस्थितः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootव्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि + अव + √स्था)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past participle) — 'standing/settled'
Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā, radiant with joy, raises his hand in blessing as the donor’s land-gift is affirmed; artisans begin laying foundations for a prāsāda in a tīrtha landscape.

Characters & Entities
D
Durvāsā
S
Suśīla
B
Brāhmaṇas
Ś
Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

Atonement culminates in auspicious action: charity (land-gift) and establishing worship through a temple transforms conflict into sacred merit.

The narrative sacralizes the location where the Śiva-prāsāda is built, but the tīrtha’s proper name is not contained in this verse alone.

Land donation accompanied by svasti (benediction) and the construction of a prāsāda (temple) for Śiva are the key prescribed acts.

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