Shloka 46 - Adhyaya 73 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Thai | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तद्भवंतः प्रकुर्वंतु प्राधान्येन यदृच्छया । क्षेत्रेऽत्रैवाभिमुख्येन प्रासादान्सुमनोहरान् । यथाज्येष्ठं यथाश्रेष्ठं पृथक्त्वेन व्यवस्थिताः

Transliteration

tadbhavaṃtaḥ prakurvaṃtu prādhānyena yadṛcchayā | kṣetre'traivābhimukhyena prāsādānsumanoharān | yathājyeṣṭhaṃ yathāśreṣṭhaṃ pṛthaktvena vyavasthitāḥ

Translation

“ฉะนั้น ขอท่านทั้งหลายจงดำเนินการตามลำดับความสำคัญและตามโอกาสเถิด ในกษेत्रนี้เองจงสร้างปราสาท-เทวาลัยอันงดงามยิ่ง และให้ตั้งอยู่แยกกันตามความอาวุโสและความประเสริฐ”

Word by Word

तत्therefore, so

भवन्तःyou (honoured ones)

प्रकुर्वन्तुlet (them/you) do, please undertake

प्राधान्येनby precedence, primarily

यदृच्छयाas it happens; at will

क्षेत्रेin the sacred area

अत्रhere

एवindeed, just

अभिमुख्येनwith facing/orientation

प्रासादान्palaces/temples

सुमनोहरान्very beautiful, charming

यथाaccording to

ज्येष्ठम्by seniority

यथाaccording to

श्रेष्ठम्by excellence/rank

पृथक्त्वेनseparately

व्यवस्थिताःbeing arranged/standing in order

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (advising the kings)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas prescribe a planned temple complex: each king builds a distinct, beautiful prāsāda within the same kṣetra, arranged by seniority and excellence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma expresses itself as orderly sacred service—building shrines with humility, proper arrangement, and respect for precedence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical prescription: construct attractive prāsādas within the kṣetra, arranged separately and according to precedence/seniority.