Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

मंडलं रचयामास सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम् उपवेश्य ततः सर्वान्समस्तांस्त्रिदशालयान्

Transliteration

maṃḍalaṃ racayāmāsa sarvasiddhipradāyakam upaveśya tataḥ sarvānsamastāṃstridaśālayān

Translation

அவன் எல்லாச் சித்திகளையும் அருளும் மண்டலத்தை அமைத்தான்; பின்னர் அனைத்து திரிதசாலய வாசிகளையும் ஒன்றாக அமர வைத்தான்.

Word by Word

• मण्डलम्: a circle/mandala
• मण्डलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• रचयामास: constructed/arranged
• रचयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी; (did/made)

• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम्: bestowing all accomplishments
• सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + सिद्धि + प्रदायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वासां सिद्धीनां प्रदायकम्)

• उपवेश्य: having seated
• उपवेश्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप-विश् (धातु) → उपवेश्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive); causative sense contextually ‘having seated’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमसूचक (then/from there)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• समस्तान्: assembled/entire
• समस्तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (assembled/together)

• त्रिदशालयान्: abodes of the gods
• त्रिदशालयान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रिदशानाम् आलयाः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing a king; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jīva draws a luminous maṇḍala on the ground—concentric circles, lotus petals, directional gates—then seats celestial beings around it in a formal assembly, all facing the center.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇḍala
• Tridaśa (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred order (maṇḍala) and proper ritual arrangement are portrayed as channels for siddhi and divine coordination.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda sacred-region narrative within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa frames the ritual action.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The making of a maṇḍala and the formal seating/arrangement of participants (deities) is described.