Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

पञ्चपाषाणकं हर्म्यं यः करोति शिवालयम् । पंचवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्ग लोके महीयते

Transliteration

pañcapāṣāṇakaṃ harmyaṃ yaḥ karoti śivālayam | paṃcavarṣasahasrāṇi svarga loke mahīyate

Translation

ผู้ใดสร้างศิวาลัย คือเรือนศาลศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของพระศิวะ ด้วยศิลาห้าก้อน ผู้นั้นย่อมได้รับการสรรเสริญในสวรรค์โลกตลอดห้าพันปี

Word by Word

• पञ्चपाषाणकम्: made of five stones
• पञ्चपाषाणकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च + पाषाणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः ‘consisting of five stones’

• हर्म्यम्: a mansion/structure
• हर्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• करोति: makes; builds
• करोति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शिवालयम्: a Śiva-temple
• शिवालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘abode/temple of Śiva’

• पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि: for five thousand years
• पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + वर्ष + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संख्यापूर्वक-समासः ‘five thousand years’ (duration)

• स्वर्ग: heaven
• स्वर्ग: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (पाठे ‘स्वर्ग लोके’ इति)

• लोके: in the world/realm
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• महीयते: is honored
• महीयते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘is honored/glorified’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Sthala-māhātmya narration in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee lays five dressed stones to form a small shrine-house for Śiva; priests mark the site with sacred threads and lamps; the kṣetra landscape frames the act as holy construction.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a small, sincere act of sacred construction for Śiva in a holy region yields vast merit and divine honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra within the Prabhāsa region, celebrated through its local māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Constructing (and thereby dedicating) a Śiva-ālaya—here specifically a shrine built with five stones.