Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

ततो विप्रान्समाहूय चमत्कारपुरोद्भवान् । प्रतिष्ठां कारयामास मतं तेषां समाश्रितः

Transliteration

tato viprānsamāhūya camatkārapurodbhavān | pratiṣṭhāṃ kārayāmāsa mataṃ teṣāṃ samāśritaḥ

Translation

ثم استدعى البراهمة—الكهنة الأجلّاء المنحدرين من المدينة المقدّسة كَمَتْكارا (Camatkāra)—واعتمد رأيهم، فأمر بإجراء طقس التثبيت والتكريس (pratiṣṭhā).

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Sequence/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रम/अनन्तर; ‘then/from there’)

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• समाहूय: having summoned
• समाहूय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ह्वा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्गाः ‘सम्-आ-’; ‘having summoned’

• चमत्कारपुरोद्भवान्: born in Camatkārapura
• चमत्कारपुरोद्भवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चमत्कार + पुर + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (विप्रान्); समासः (बहुपद) तत्पुरुषप्रधानः—‘चमत्कारपुरे उद्भवाः’ (locative/adhikaraṇa relation)

• प्रतिष्ठाम्: consecration; installation
• प्रतिष्ठाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कारयामास: caused (them) to perform
• कारयामास: Kriya (Causative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम; णिच्-प्रयोजक (Causative) ‘कारय-’ = caused to be done

• मतम्: opinion; counsel
• मतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• समाश्रितः: having relied on; having adopted
• समाश्रितः: Karta (Predicate participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having resorted to/depending on’; उपसर्गाः ‘सम्-आ-’

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrapāṇi-prāsāda-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal consecration: brāhmaṇas arrive from Camatkāra-pura with ritual vessels; the patron bows; kalasha, fire altar, and mantra-recitation surround the sanctum as the deity is installed.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas (vipra)
• Pratiṣṭhā (consecration)
• Camatkārapura (place-name as given)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred works are completed through śāstric guidance—relying on qualified brāhmaṇas ensures ritual correctness and lasting sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Nāgarakhaṇḍa kṣetra where the Vaiṣṇava prāsāda is established; Camatkārapura is referenced as the priests’ origin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā—formal installation/consecration of the deity/temple, performed under brāhmaṇical direction.