Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

विश्वकर्मापि तत्रैत्य वास्तुपूजां यथोदिताम् । चकार ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तां यादृशीं सकलां ततः

Transliteration

viśvakarmāpi tatraitya vāstupūjāṃ yathoditām | cakāra brahmaṇā proktāṃ yādṛśīṃ sakalāṃ tataḥ

Translation

پھر وشوکرما بھی وہاں آیا اور جیسا کہ حکم دیا گیا تھا ویسی ہی واستو پوجا ادا کی—ہر جز میں کامل، بالکل ویسی جیسی برہما نے بتائی تھی۔

Word by Word

• विश्वकर्मा: Viśvakarmā
• विश्वकर्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvakarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = particle; 'also'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = locative adverb; 'there'

• एत्य: having come
• एत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) = having come; अव्ययभाव

• वास्तुपूजाम्: Vāstu-worship
• वास्तुपूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāstu + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध): 'वास्तोः पूजा' = worship of Vāstu; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यथोदिताम्: as prescribed
• यथोदिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yathā + udita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास: 'यथा उदिता' = as prescribed; 'उदित' (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) used adjectivally; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (qualifying पूजाम्)

• चकार: performed / did
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद) = Perfect; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana/Agent-in-passive (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रोक्ताम्: taught / spoken
• प्रोक्ताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-उच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) = 'said/taught'; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (qualifying पूजाम्)

• यादृशीम्: such as / of the kind
• यादृशीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yādṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-विशेषण = 'of what kind/just as' (correlative)

• सकलाम्: entire / complete
• सकलाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पूजाम्)

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

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice; implied for this section)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vāstu-pada (kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarman arrives at the kṣetra and performs Vāstu-pūjā exactly as instructed—ritual diagrams, offerings, and measured actions sanctify the ground.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarman
• Brahmā
• Vāstu (Vāstupūjā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred order (vāstu) is honored through correct ritual; when done as taught by the gods, it becomes a complete dharmic act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra region within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, where the Vāstu-pada tradition is established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of Vāstu-pūjā exactly according to the prescribed method (yathodita), as taught by Brahmā.