Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तः सहस्राक्षस्ततः प्रासादमुत्तमम् । तदर्थं निर्मयामास साध्वालोकं मनोहरम्

Transliteration

evamuktaḥ sahasrākṣastataḥ prāsādamuttamam | tadarthaṃ nirmayāmāsa sādhvālokaṃ manoharam

Translation

یوں ہدایت پا کر سہسرآکش (اِندر) نے پھر اسی مقصد کے لیے ایک عالی شان مندر تعمیر کروایا—خوبصورت، دلکش، اور نیکوں کے دیدار کے لائق۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/adverb)

• उक्तः: having been addressed/spoken to
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सहस्राक्षः: the thousand-eyed one (Indra)
• सहस्राक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (सहस्रम् अक्षाणि यस्य)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• प्रासादम्: palace, temple-building
• प्रासादम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Karman (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रासादस्य)

• तदर्थम्: for that purpose
• तदर्थम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Purpose)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (तस्य अर्थम् = for that purpose), अव्यय (adverbial)

• निर्मयामास: constructed, made
• निर्मयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्मा (धातु: निर् + मा)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• साधु: well, properly
• साधु: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण: well/properly)

• आलोकम्: view, appearance/structure (āloka)
• आलोकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मनोहरम्: charming, delightful
• मनोहरम्: Karman (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (आलोकस्य/प्रासादस्य)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra oversees the building of a splendid temple: artisans carving pillars, raising a śikhara; the structure gleams, inviting holy men; Indra stands with vajra, yet in patron posture.

Characters & Entities

• Sahasrākṣa (Indra)
• Prāsāda (temple/shrine)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion matures into seva: establishing places of worship supports public dharma and extends sacred benefit to future pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra-associated Śaiva site where Indra commissions a prāsāda for worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a rite, but a dharmic act: constructing an excellent shrine/temple as an offering in service of the tīrtha and deity.