Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

पश्चिमायां बुधसुतस्तथा क्षेत्रं स भारत । पुरूरवादित्यमिति स्थापयामास पार्थिवः

Transliteration

paścimāyāṃ budhasutastathā kṣetraṃ sa bhārata | purūravādityamiti sthāpayāmāsa pārthivaḥ

Translation

ഹേ ഭാരതാ, പടിഞ്ഞാറുദിശയിൽ ബുധപുത്രനായ രാജാവും ഒരു പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രം സ്ഥാപിച്ച് അവിടെ ഭഗവാനെ ‘പുരൂരവാദിത്യ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• paścimāyām: in the west (western region)
• paścimāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paścimā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

• budhasutaḥ: Budha’s son
• budhasutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (budhasya sutaḥ)

• tathā: also/thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/अन्वय (adverb/conjunctive ‘also/thus’)

• kṣetram: a sacred field/place
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन

• purūrava-ādityam: (named) ‘Purūrava-Āditya’
• purūrava-ādityam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purūrava (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नामधेय (as a name)

• iti: thus/so called
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः—उद्धरण/नामनिर्देश (quotative)

• sthāpayāmāsa: established/caused to be set up
• sthāpayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु) [णिच् causative]
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative)

• pārthivaḥ: the king
• pārthivaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (king)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Purūravāditya-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal founder (Budha’s son Purūravas) in the western quarter consecrates a radiant solar icon titled Purūravāditya; priests perform fire-rites; the landscape is mapped as a sacred direction.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata (addressee)
• Budha
• Purūravas
• Purūravāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous kings sanctify the land by establishing kṣetras, making devotion accessible to future generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A western kṣetra where Purūravāditya was installed, connected to the adhyāya’s broader tīrtha network.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Installation (sthāpana/pratiṣṭhā) of Āditya under the name Purūravāditya.