Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

मन्नाम्ना च पुरं तत्र स्थाप्यतां शीघ्रमेव च । सीताया वचनं श्रुत्वा तथा चक्रे नृपोत्तमः

Transliteration

mannāmnā ca puraṃ tatra sthāpyatāṃ śīghrameva ca | sītāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā tathā cakre nṛpottamaḥ

Translation

“அங்கே என் பெயரால் விரைவில் ஒரு நகரம் நிறுவப்படுக.” சீதையின் சொல் கேட்ட நரபதிசிறந்தவன் அதன்படியே செய்தான்.

Word by Word

• मत्-नाम्ना: by my name / in my name
• मत्-नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘मत्’ (षष्ठी-समासार्थः) + ‘नाम्ना’ (करण) = ‘मे नाम्ना’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुरम्: a city
• पुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपे (स्थाप्यताम् इति) द्वितीया

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्थाप्यताम्: let (it) be established
• स्थाप्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → स्थापय्; कर्मणि लोट्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive imperative): ‘let it be established’

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सीतायाः: of Sītā
• सीतायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वचनम्: the statement/words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having heard’

• तथा: thus/accordingly
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• चक्रे: did/caused (it)
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• नृप-उत्तमः: the best of kings
• नृप-उत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘उत्तमः नृपः’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sītāpura (as named here)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sītā requests the founding of a city bearing her name; Rāma, attentive and decisive, signals ministers/architects to begin immediate establishment.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are sustained not only by austerity but also by dhārmic governance—establishing a righteous settlement becomes an act of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The city to be founded “in Sītā’s name,” later identified as Sītāpura (Sītāpuram).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it prescribes sthāna-sthāpanā—founding a city/settlement connected with dharma.