Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19
जयदत्त इति ख्यातः सूर्यवंशसमुद्भवः । ततो मया बहुविधाः प्रासादाः कारिता नृप
jayadatta iti khyātaḥ sūryavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ | tato mayā bahuvidhāḥ prāsādāḥ kāritā nṛpa
ഞാൻ ‘ജയദത്തൻ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായിരുന്നു; സൂര്യവംശത്തിൽ ജനിച്ചവൻ. തുടർന്ന്, ഹേ നൃപ, ഞാൻ പലവിധ പ്രാസാദസദൃശ ക്ഷേത്രങ്ങൾ പണിയിച്ചു.
Unspecified narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa discourse, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa narrating a past-life account)
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: King Jayadatta of the Solar dynasty oversees construction of multiple prāsādas: artisans carving pillars, raising a vimāna, installing lamps; the king offers gifts to workers and priests.
FAQs
Public works offered in a dharmic spirit—especially sacred edifices—are portrayed as merit-bearing acts.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it frames a devotional life-story within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.
Temple/prāsāda construction as a dharmic, merit-generating act.