Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तस्मादत्र करिष्यामि चक्रपाणिं सुरेश्वरम् । प्रासादो मानवश्चैव यादृङ्नास्ति धरातले

Transliteration

tasmādatra kariṣyāmi cakrapāṇiṃ sureśvaram | prāsādo mānavaścaiva yādṛṅnāsti dharātale

Translation

“因此，我将在此安立持轮者（Cakrapāṇi），诸天之主；并建起一座殿宇宫寺，世间大地无有其比。”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/सम्बन्धसूचक), अपादानार्थे ‘तस्मात्’ = ‘therefore/from that’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• करिष्यामि: I will make/do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• चक्रपाणिम्: Cakrapāṇi (Vishnu)
• चक्रपाणिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘चक्रस्य पाणिः’ = whose hand holds a discus)

• सुरेश्वरम्: lord of the gods
• सुरेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘सुराणाम् ईश्वरः’)

• प्रासादः: a temple/palace
• प्रासादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• मानवः: a man; human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण particle)

• यादृक्: such as; of such a kind
• यादृक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृश् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (correlative: ‘such as’)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध particle/negation)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• धरातले: on the surface of the earth
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘धरायाः तलम्’)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator quoting Pāṇḍu-nandana (Arjuna) in inner resolve

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrapāṇi-kṣetra (as implied by the vow to establish Cakrapāṇi)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattama (addressed later in the sequence)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal/heroic patron vows to establish Cakrapāṇi; artisans raise a towering prāsāda while priests prepare for consecration; Viṣṇu’s cakra emblem radiates above the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Cakrapāṇi (Viṣṇu)
• Sura-īśvara (Lord of the gods)
• Prāsāda (temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas inspire dharmic infrastructure—building and establishing divine worship spaces is portrayed as a supreme, world-blessing act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Nāgarakhaṇḍa kṣetra where Cakrapāṇi is to be established and a prāsāda is to be raised, linked with the Arjuneśvara setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā/establishment intent for Cakrapāṇi and prāsāda-nirmāṇa (temple construction) as a meritorious religious act.