Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

जगतीं चार्चयेद्भक्त्या तथा चैवोपलेपयेत् । प्रासादं धवलं सौधं कारयेज्जीर्णमुद्धरेत्

Transliteration

jagatīṃ cārcayedbhaktyā tathā caivopalepayet | prāsādaṃ dhavalaṃ saudhaṃ kārayejjīrṇamuddharet

Translation

Với lòng sùng kính, hãy lễ bái jagatī (bệ nền của đền) và cũng trát, tu bổ cho mới. Hãy dựng một ngôi đền điện trắng sáng, rực rỡ; và hãy trùng tu những gì đã cũ nát, hư hoại.

Word by Word

• जगतीम्: the platform/terrace (jagatī)
• जगतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्म

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण (instrumental: by/with)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• उपलेपयेत्: should plaster/smear
• उपलेपयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप् (धातु; उप+लिप्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रासादम्: temple/mansion
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्म

• धवलम्: white
• धवलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धवल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण—प्रासादम्/सौधम्

• सौधम्: palace, lofty building
• सौधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्म

• कारयेत्: should have (it) built/made
• कारयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु; णिच् causative: कारय)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative: cause to be made)

• जीर्णम्: worn-out, dilapidated
• जीर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from जॄ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण—(प्रासादम्/सौधम्)

• उद्धरेत्: should remove/restore (by taking out)
• उद्धरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु; उद्+हृ)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa temple precincts (Somnātha and allied shrines)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees and artisans plastering the jagatī with fresh lime, offering flowers to the platform, while a white, gleaming prāsāda rises behind; another group carefully restores a weathered shrine, removing broken stones and re-setting them.

Characters & Entities

• Jagatī (temple platform)
• Prāsāda (temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only personal worship; sustaining and restoring sacred infrastructure is itself a meritorious dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra and its temple precincts described in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of the temple-platform, replastering/renewal work, building temples, and restoring dilapidated structures.