Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

य एकाहेन संपाद्य प्रासादं स्थापयिष्यति । चंद्रं स सर्वदेवोत्थहर्म्यस्याप्नोति सत्फलम्

Transliteration

ya ekāhena saṃpādya prāsādaṃ sthāpayiṣyati | caṃdraṃ sa sarvadevotthaharmyasyāpnoti satphalam

Translation

ഒരു ദിവസത്തിനുള്ളിൽ തന്നെ പ്രവൃത്തി പൂർത്തിയാക്കി ചന്ദ്രദേവന്റെ പ്രാസാദ-മന്ദിരം സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നവൻ, സർവ്വദേവോത്ഭവ പ്രാസാദ-ക്ഷേത്രത്തിനുതുല്യമായ സത്ഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• ekāhena: in one day
• ekāhena: Karana (Instrument/Time-means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (एकः अहः)

• saṃpādya: having completed
• saṃpādya: Kriya (Non-finite/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + pad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; having accomplished

• prāsādam: a palace/temple-building
• prāsādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• sthāpayiṣyati: will establish
• sthāpayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) [णिच् causative: sthāpay-]
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; causative

• caṃdram: the Moon (Candra)
• caṃdram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

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

• sarva-deva-uttha-harmyasyā: of the palace arisen from all the gods
• sarva-deva-uttha-harmyasyā: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + uttha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + harmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वदेवेभ्यः उत्पन्नं हर्म्यम्)

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• sat-phalam: good fruit (excellent result)
• sat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सत् फलम्)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Soma-prāsāda (Candra temple)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within one day, artisans and priests raise a shining Soma prāsāda; at sunset the consecration occurs, and a radiant aura suggests the ‘all-gods’ fruit descending upon the patron.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Sarvadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intensity and resolve in sacred giving/building can magnify merit; swift completion with devotion is praised.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Candra-prāsāda tradition is being exalted within the chapter’s Soma/Candra māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Establishing a Candra prāsāda, with emphasis on completing/setting it up within a single day (ekāha).