Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

महासेनस्य देवस्य प्रासादं सुमनोहरम् । उच्चैः स्थितं सर्वलोके पातुकाममिवांबरम्

Transliteration

mahāsenasya devasya prāsādaṃ sumanoharam | uccaiḥ sthitaṃ sarvaloke pātukāmamivāṃbaram

Translation

ദേവൻ മഹാസേനന്റെ അതിമനോഹരമായ പ്രാസാദ-ക്ഷേത്രം ഉയർന്ന് നില്ക്കുന്നു; ആകാശംപോലെ സർവ്വലോകത്തെയും കാക്കുവാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ।

Word by Word

• महासेनस्य: of Mahāsena (Kārttikeya)
• महासेनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular (m.)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular (m.)

• प्रासादम्: palace/temple
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (m.)

• सु-मनोहरम्: very beautiful
• सु-मनोहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective agreeing with प्रासादम्; accusative singular (m.)

• उच्चैः: high/aloud; here: on high
• उच्चैः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय; adverb

• स्थितम्: standing/placed
• स्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here agreeing with प्रासादम् (acc. sg. n./m. usage in verse); PPP: 'standing/placed'

• सर्वलोके: in all the world
• सर्वलोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (सर्वः लोकः) locative singular (m.)

• पातुकामम्: wishing to protect
• पातुकामम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पा (धातु) → पातु (लोट्-रूप) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषण: 'desirous to protect' (पातुं कामः)

• इव: like/as if
• इव: Upamana-dyotaka (Comparative marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक-अव्यय; particle of comparison

• अम्बरम्: the sky
• अम्बरम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (n.)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāsena-prāsāda

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A towering, beautiful temple-palace of Mahāsena rises above the city skyline, its spire touching the clouds; the sky itself seems to drape around it like a protective canopy.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāsena (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• prasāda (temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A deity’s shrine is portrayed as a cosmic refuge—its sanctity ‘covers’ and protects devotees, mirroring the sheltering vastness of the sky.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The prāsāda (temple) of Mahāsena within the Chapter 75 kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse is a māhātmya-style praise of the Mahāsena temple.