Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्मात्पुरवरं कृत्वा क्षेत्रेऽत्रैव सुशोभने । अस्माकं देहि गार्हस्थ्यं येन सम्यक्प्रजायते

Transliteration

tasmātpuravaraṃ kṛtvā kṣetre'traiva suśobhane | asmākaṃ dehi gārhasthyaṃ yena samyakprajāyate

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น ขอพระองค์ทรงสถาปนาเมืองอันประเสริฐ ณ แดนศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันงดงามนี้ แล้วโปรดประทานความมั่นคงแห่งคฤหัสถ์แก่พวกเรา เพื่อให้เรารุ่งเรืองด้วยบุตรสืบสกุลโดยชอบธรรม

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति तस्मादित्यव्यय-प्रयोगः (ablative-sense adverb: ‘therefore/from that’)

• पुरवरम्: the best city
• पुरवरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘श्रेष्ठं पुरम्’ (tatpuruṣa: purasya varaḥ)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having done/made’

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

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

• सुशोभने: very beautiful
• सुशोभने: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुशोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘क्षेत्रे’

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; ‘our’

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गार्हस्थ्यम्: householder-state; domestic life
• गार्हस्थ्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हस्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• येन: by which; so that
• येन: Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-अर्थे ‘by which/so that’

• सम्यक्: properly; rightly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रजायते: is born; comes into being
• प्रजायते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of petitioners (likely brāhmaṇas/elders) in a verdant sacred precinct request the founding of an excellent city and the granting of household establishments; the king or patron is approached with folded hands; the kṣetra glows with auspicious signs.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇas
• king
• kṣetra (sacred region)
• city (pura)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supporting righteous settlement in a sacred region—especially enabling brāhmaṇas to live and perform dharma—strengthens both worldly order and spiritual welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘kṣetra’ (holy region) in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya is implied; the precise name is not present in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the request concerns establishing gārhasthya (households) to sustain ongoing dharmic life.