Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अद्यप्रभृति यस्यात्र नागरस्य तु मंदिरे । वृद्धिः संपत्स्यते काचिद्वि शेषान्मंडपोद्भवा

Transliteration

adyaprabhṛti yasyātra nāgarasya tu maṃdire | vṛddhiḥ saṃpatsyate kācidvi śeṣānmaṃḍapodbhavā

Translation

இன்றுமுதல் இங்கே எந்த நகரவாசியின் வீட்டிலும் ஏதாவது வளர்ச்சி ஏற்பட்டால்—குறிப்பாக மண்டபம் அமைத்தல்/பிரதிஷ்டை செய்வதிலிருந்து தோன்றும் வளர்ச்சி—அதற்கான பயன் இதுவாகும்।

Word by Word

• अद्यप्रभृति: from today onward
• अद्यप्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; कालवाचक अव्यय (from today onwards)

• यस्य: of whom, whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• नागरस्य: of the citizen/townsman
• नागरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• मंदिरे: in the house/temple
• मंदिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वृद्धिः: increase, prosperity
• वृद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संपत्स्यते: will occur/come to be
• संपत्स्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+पद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• काचित्: some (a certain)
• काचित्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अनिर्दिष्टा (some)

• विशेषात्: especially, due to a special reason
• विशेषात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; कारणार्थ (especially/from a special cause)

• मण्डपोद्भवा: arising from the pavilion (maṇḍapa)
• मण्डपोद्भवा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मण्डप + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक); उद्भवः ← उद्+भू (धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (मण्डपात् उद्भवा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वृद्धिः इति विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (continuing directive/boon within the city’s māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Nāgara household prospers as a newly built maṇḍapa rises—pillars, festoons, consecration rites; townspeople gather, priests chant, offerings arranged.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred architecture and supportive acts for worship (like building a maṇḍapa) are presented as direct causes of auspicious increase.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader holy city-region of Nāgarakhaṇḍa is implied; the verse highlights merit within that locale rather than naming a distinct tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied prescription: establishing or supporting a maṇḍapa (pavilion) connected with worship, which yields prosperity.