Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तेनागत्यात्र सत्क्षेत्रे तोषितो मधुसूदनः । प्रासादं शोभनं कृत्वा ततश्चैव प्रतिष्ठितः

Transliteration

tenāgatyātra satkṣetre toṣito madhusūdanaḥ | prāsādaṃ śobhanaṃ kṛtvā tataścaiva pratiṣṭhitaḥ

Translation

Tendo ele vindo a este kṣetra sagrado, Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu) ficou satisfeito. Depois, erguido um templo esplêndido, o Senhor foi ali devidamente instalado.

Word by Word

• tena: by him/thereby
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• āgatya: having come
• āgatya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Conjunctive action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘गम्’ धातोः उपसर्गपूर्वक

• atra: here
• atra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• satkṣetre: in the holy place
• satkṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सत् क्षेत्रम् = holy field)

• toṣitaḥ: pleased
• toṣitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective of madhusūdanaḥ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: toṣita (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• madhusūdanaḥ: Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)
• madhusūdanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मधोः सूदनः = slayer of Madhu)

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

• śobhanam: beautiful
• śobhanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (prāsādam)

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Conjunctive action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla (Temporal adverb/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• pratiṣṭhitaḥ: was established/installed
• pratiṣṭhitaḥ: Kriyā (Implied verb ‘was established’/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratiṣṭhita (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee arrives at the holy kṣetra, offers worship that pleases Madhusūdana; artisans raise a splendid prāsāda; priests perform installation rites with kalasha, Vedic chants, and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service expressed through building and consecrating a shrine pleases the Lord and sanctifies a place into a celebrated kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A satkṣetra within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 96), where Madhusūdana is installed—part of the local sacred geography praised by the Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā: the formal installation/consecration of the deity after constructing a prāsāda (temple).