Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

मम सद्म सुधाशुभ्रं यावत्संख्यं करोति यः । तावंत्येव च जन्मानि यशसासौ विराजते

Transliteration

mama sadma sudhāśubhraṃ yāvatsaṃkhyaṃ karoti yaḥ | tāvaṃtyeva ca janmāni yaśasāsau virājate

Translation

ఎవడు నా అమృతసమాన శుభ్రమైన ప్రకాశమయ ధామాన్ని ఎంత పరిమాణంలో నిర్మింపజేస్తాడో, అంతే సంఖ్యలో జన్మలలో వాడు యశస్సుతో విరాజిల్లుతాడు.

Word by Word

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• sadmā: abode/temple
• sadmā: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sudhā-śubhram: white like lime/plaster
• sudhā-śubhram: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sudhā (प्रातिपदिक) + śubhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/उपमान-भावः (सुधायाः इव शुब्रम्) विशेषणम् (sadmā)

• yāvat-saṃkhyam: to the extent of (as many as)
• yāvat-saṃkhyam: Visheshana (Measure)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (यावत् = परिमाणम्) ‘यावत्संख्यम्’ = as many in number as

• karoti: makes/builds
• karoti: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• tāvanti: that many
• tāvanti: Visheshana (Quantifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāvat (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; परिमाणवाचक (so many) विशेषणम् (janmāni)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: indeed/only)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• janmāni: births
• janmāni: Karma/Pratipādya (Counted item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• yaśasā: by fame
• yaśasā: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaśas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• asau: that person
• asau: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• virājate: shines/is illustrious
• virājate: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rāj (राज् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous white shrine, ‘nectar-bright’, rises; donors offer materials; a subtle aura of fame surrounds the patron through successive life-scenes hinted in the background.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to Śiva through creating sacred space yields lasting spiritual merit and worldly renown.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it praises the general Mahātmya of building/beautifying Śiva’s abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Constructing or rendering Śiva’s abode ‘sudhā-śubhra’ (bright/white—often understood as plastering/renovation) as a meritorious act.