Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

आहूय विश्वकर्माणं कारयामास सादरम् । मंडपं च सुविस्तीर्णं वेदिकाभिर्मनोरमम्

Transliteration

āhūya viśvakarmāṇaṃ kārayāmāsa sādaram | maṃḍapaṃ ca suvistīrṇaṃ vedikābhirmanoramam

Translation

他召来毗湿瓦羯磨，并恭敬地命其建造一座宽广的曼荼罗殿（婚礼亭），其间多设祭坛（吠底迦），悦目殊胜。

Word by Word

• आहूय: having summoned
• आहूय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + हु (धातु) → आहूय (क्त्वा/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रियाविशेषण

• विश्वकर्माणम्: Viśvakarman
• विश्वकर्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कारयामास: caused (him) to make
• कारयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘caused to be made’)

• सादरम्: respectfully
• सादरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स + आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative); क्रियाविशेषण

• मण्डपम्: pavilion
• मण्डपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुविस्तीर्णम्: very spacious
• सुविस्तीर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + विस्तीर्ण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त, पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• वेदिकाभिः: with altars/platforms
• वेदिकाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• मनोरमम्: delightful, charming
• मनोरमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Lomaśa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vivāha-maṇḍapa / Yajña-śālā (Himālaya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamas/sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himālaya summons Viśvakarmā; a vast, luminous pavilion rises, filled with beautifully arranged altars, banners, lamps, and ritual geometry.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā
• Himālaya (implied as the arranger)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is embodied in well-made sacred space—reverent construction supports purity, order, and successful rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Himalayan venue within Kedāra Khaṇḍa; the emphasis is on sanctifying the ritual site through sacred architecture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Construction of a maṇḍapa and arrangement of vedikās (altars) for the ceremony is explicitly stated.