Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

एवं विस्तारयामास विश्वकर्मा बहून्यपि । मन्दिराणि यथायोग्यं यत्र तत्रैव तिष्ठताम्

Transliteration

evaṃ vistārayāmāsa viśvakarmā bahūnyapi | mandirāṇi yathāyogyaṃ yatra tatraiva tiṣṭhatām

Translation

ఇలా విశ్వకర్మ యథాయోగ్యంగా మరెన్నో మందిరాలు, నివాసస్థానాలు విస్తరించి సక్రమంగా ఏర్పాటు చేశాడు; ఎవరు ఎక్కడెక్కడ నిలిచివుంటారో, అక్కడక్కడే వారు స్థిరంగా నివసించునట్లు చేశాడు।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of manner)

• विस्तारयामास: expanded / caused to spread
• विस्तारयामास: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विस्तारय् (धातु) [विस्तार (प्रातिपदिक) + णिच्]
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; सकर्मक

• विश्वकर्मा: Viśvakarmā
• विश्वकर्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; विशेषण (mandirāṇi इत्यस्य)

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• मन्दिराणि: temples / buildings
• मन्दिराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• यथायोग्यम्: as appropriate
• यथायोग्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + योग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial: 'according to suitability')

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: relative)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: correlative)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (restrictive particle)

• तिष्ठताम्: let them remain / stay
• तिष्ठताम्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद; तृतीयपुरुष, बहुवचन; आज्ञार्थ (injunctive/command)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced; Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedārakṣetra (Kedāra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarmā, radiant and tool-bearing, surveys the Kedāra landscape and ‘unfolds’ multiple shrines and dwellings across ridges and valleys, each placed where it naturally belongs; pilgrims and attendants appear as small figures amid newly formed mandiras.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma expresses itself through order and appropriateness—each being is provided a suitable place within a sacred event.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred environment is the setting; the verse underscores the expansion of mandiras within that holy precinct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; it narrates the systematic preparation of mandiras for participants.