Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

ततः संस्थापितस्तेन तस्मिन्स्थाने सुभक्तितः । दामोदरो रघुश्रेष्ठ कृत्वा प्रासादमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃsthāpitastena tasminsthāne subhaktitaḥ | dāmodaro raghuśreṣṭha kṛtvā prāsādamuttamam

Translation

پھر، اے رَغھوؤں میں برتر، اُس نے اعلیٰ بھکتی کے ساتھ اسی مقام پر دامودر کی پرتیِشٹھا کی، اور ایک شاندار پرساد (مندر) تعمیر کیا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = then

• saṃsthāpitaḥ: was installed
• saṃsthāpitaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु) (causative √sthāpay) → saṃsthāpita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'was installed/established'

• tena: by him
• tena: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; 'by him'

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'in that'

• sthāne: place
• sthāne: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'place'

• su-bhaktitaḥ: through great devotion
• su-bhaktitaḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय 'भक्तितः' = from devotion/through devotion; अर्थे: 'with great devotion'

• dāmodaraḥ: Dāmodara
• dāmodaraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāmodara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; proper noun (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa epithet)

• raghu-śreṣṭha: O best of the Raghus
• raghu-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghu (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; 'रघूणां श्रेष्ठ' = best of the Raghus; सम्बोधन, एकवचन; addressing the king

• kṛtvā: having built/made
• kṛtvā: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) → kṛtvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund) = having made

• prāsādam: a temple/palace
• prāsādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'palace/temple'

• uttamam: excellent
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifying 'prāsādam'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Raghuśreṣṭha/nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king-devotee oversees the consecration of Dāmodara at the tīrtha-site; a newly built splendid temple rises, with flags, kalasha, and priests performing rites; the deity is serene, adorned, and central.

Characters & Entities

• Dāmodara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through deity-installation and temple-building sanctifies a place and becomes a lasting act of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha-location in Nāgarakhaṇḍa where Dāmodara is installed; the verse highlights that the site becomes holy through pratiṣṭhā and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (installation) of Dāmodara and construction of a prāsāda (temple) performed with sincere bhakti.