Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा ते जयं प्राप्ताः स्कंदेन सहिताः सुराः । काराय्यं रम्यप्रासादान्रम्यैस्तारकसंभवैः

Transliteration

ityuktvā te jayaṃ prāptāḥ skaṃdena sahitāḥ surāḥ | kārāyyaṃ ramyaprāsādānramyaistārakasaṃbhavaiḥ

Translation

说罢，那些天神与军神斯坎达同行，遂得胜利。他们命人建造华美宫殿，以击败塔罗迦一族所得的珍宝妙饰加以庄严。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √vac (धातु) → uktvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• जयम्: victory
• जयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्ताः: having obtained
• प्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु) → prāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP)

• स्कन्देन: with Skanda / by Skanda
• स्कन्देन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सहिताः: accompanied, together with
• सहिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक; √sah + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP)

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• काराय्यम्: (something) to be made/caused to be built
• काराय्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) → kārayya (णिच् causative stem)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक/कार्यवाचक-प्रातिपदिक (to be caused to be done)

• रम्यप्रासादान्: beautiful palaces
• रम्यप्रासादान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक) + prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (रम्याः प्रासादाः)

• रम्यैः: by beautiful (ones)
• रम्यैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तारकसंभवैः: by those born of Tāraka / originating from Tāraka
• तारकसंभवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāraka (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तारकस्य सम्भवाः)

Speaker

Nārada (narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas with Skanda in triumphant procession; in the background artisans raise splendid prāsādas; treasures captured from Tāraka’s lineage are shown as jewels and ornaments being set into architecture.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Devas
• Tāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine victory is shown as the fruit of grace and righteous alignment, with Skanda as the victorious leader alongside the devas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the chapter’s broader māhātmya narrative connected to Siddhiliṅga and associated sacred locales.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it describes the post-victory events and constructions.