Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यद्युक्तं क्रियतां तद्धि वयं युष्मद्वशेऽधुना । ततो ब्रह्मा स्वयं दिव्यं पुरं रत्नमयं शुभम्

Transliteration

yadyuktaṃ kriyatāṃ taddhi vayaṃ yuṣmadvaśe'dhunā | tato brahmā svayaṃ divyaṃ puraṃ ratnamayaṃ śubham

Translation

“凡合乎正理者，皆可施行；如今我等已在汝等掌中。”于是梵天亲自营造一座吉祥的天城，通体由宝珠所成。

Word by Word

• yad: whatever/that which
• yad: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• yuktam: proper, fitting
• yuktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √yuj योगे, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• kriyatām: let it be done
• kriyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु; कृ करणे)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थक), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-भाव

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• yuṣmat-vaśe: under your control
• yuṣmat-vaśe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (your + control); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/अनन्तरार्थक (from that/then)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्वयंकर्तृत्वे (reflexive adverb)

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• puram: city
• puram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ratnamayam: made of jewels
• ratnamayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुष (रत्नमय = made of jewels); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• śubham: auspicious, splendid
• śubham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Śiva (first sentence) / Narrator continuation (second sentence) (contextual narrative blend)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, responding to a plea of surrender, manifests an auspicious jewel-city—radiant streets, gem-studded gates, and a celestial skyline forming instantly.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brahmā
• Divine jeweled city (ratnamaya-pura)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is “what is fitting” (yukta)—even sacred events are to be conducted with propriety, order, and mutual consent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named pilgrimage site appears; the verse instead depicts a divinely manifested sacred venue (a jeweled city) for the rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, that rites should be performed according to what is proper (yukta), and that an auspicious venue is prepared for udvāha.