Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

विश्वकर्मापि तत्रैत्य वास्तुपूजां यथोदिताम् । चकार ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तां यादृशीं सकलां ततः

Transliteration

viśvakarmāpi tatraitya vāstupūjāṃ yathoditām | cakāra brahmaṇā proktāṃ yādṛśīṃ sakalāṃ tataḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് വിശ്വകർമ്മനും അവിടെ എത്തി, ബ്രഹ്മാവ് ഉപദേശിച്ചതുപോലെ സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായി യഥാവിധി വാസ്തുപൂജ നടത്തി।

Word by Word

• विश्वकर्मा: Viśvakarmā
• विश्वकर्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvakarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = particle; 'also'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = locative adverb; 'there'

• एत्य: having come
• एत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) = having come; अव्ययभाव

• वास्तुपूजाम्: Vāstu-worship
• वास्तुपूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāstu + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध): 'वास्तोः पूजा' = worship of Vāstu; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यथोदिताम्: as prescribed
• यथोदिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yathā + udita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास: 'यथा उदिता' = as prescribed; 'उदित' (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) used adjectivally; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (qualifying पूजाम्)

• चकार: performed / did
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद) = Perfect; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana/Agent-in-passive (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रोक्ताम्: taught / spoken
• प्रोक्ताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-उच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) = 'said/taught'; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (qualifying पूजाम्)

• यादृशीम्: such as / of the kind
• यादृशीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yādṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-विशेषण = 'of what kind/just as' (correlative)

• सकलाम्: entire / complete
• सकलाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पूजाम्)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thereafter/then

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice; implied for this section)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vāstu-pada (kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarman arrives at the kṣetra and performs Vāstu-pūjā exactly as instructed—ritual diagrams, offerings, and measured actions sanctify the ground.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarman
• Brahmā
• Vāstu (Vāstupūjā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred order (vāstu) is honored through correct ritual; when done as taught by the gods, it becomes a complete dharmic act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra region within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, where the Vāstu-pada tradition is established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of Vāstu-pūjā exactly according to the prescribed method (yathodita), as taught by Brahmā.