Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

रामेण पूर्वदिग्भागे प्रासादानां च पंचकम् । स्थापितं भक्तियुक्तेन सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

rāmeṇa pūrvadigbhāge prāsādānāṃ ca paṃcakam | sthāpitaṃ bhaktiyuktena sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

No quadrante oriental, Rāma, pleno de devoção, estabeleceu um conjunto de cinco santuários (prāsādas), destruidores de todos os pecados.

Word by Word

• रामेण: by Rāma
• रामेण: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• पूर्वदिग्भागे: in the eastern part
• पूर्वदिग्भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व + दिक् + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पूर्वायां दिशि भागः)

• प्रासादानाम्: of temples/palaces
• प्रासादानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• पञ्चकम्: a set of five
• पञ्चकम्: Karta (Subject in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यासमूहवाचक

• स्थापितम्: was established
• स्थापितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘was established’

• भक्तियुक्तेन: endowed with devotion
• भक्तियुक्तेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + युक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (भक्त्या युक्तः); विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘रामेण’)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्); विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘पञ्चकम्/स्थापितम्’)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañca-prāsāda-sthāna (Rāma-kṛta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/dvijas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, serene and devoted, consecrates five prāsādas in the eastern quarter; priests perform rites, vānaras assist, sunrise light marks the east; the shrines form a sacred pentad.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Prāsāda (shrines/temples)
• Eastern quarter of the kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional acts that build and consecrate sacred spaces become powerful means for purification and communal dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The eastern quarter of the Adhyāya 103 kṣetra is glorified through Rāma’s establishment of five prāsādas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Founding/establishing prāsādas (shrines) with devotion is presented as a sin-destroying sacred act.