Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तीर्थयात्रापरायणः । भार्यया सहितो विप्रश्चमत्कारपुरं गतः

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ | bhāryayā sahito vipraścamatkārapuraṃ gataḥ

Translation

ثم بعد حينٍ من الزمان، انصرفَ البرهميُّ إلى حجِّ التيرثاتِ المقدّسة، ومضى مع زوجته إلى مدينةِ كَمَتْكارابورا.

Word by Word

• kasya-cit: of some
• kasya-cit: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kasya (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) + cit (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक-प्रयोग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/genitive), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सम्बन्ध: ‘of some’

• tu: indeed, then
• tu: Discourse particle (सम्बोधन/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): विरोध/अनुक्रम-निर्देशक ‘but/indeed’

• atha: then
• atha: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunctive/adverb): ‘then/now’

• kālasya: of time; after some time
• kālasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tīrtha-yātrā-parāyaṇaḥ: devoted to pilgrimage to holy places
• tīrtha-yātrā-parāyaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘तीर्थयात्रायां परायणः’ (devoted to pilgrimage); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhāryayā: with (his) wife
• bhāryayā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• sahitaḥ: accompanied
• sahitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक; √sah/सह्-भाव)
• Form: कृदन्त/निष्पन्न-विशेषण, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘accompanied’

• vipraḥ: the Brahmin
• vipraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• camatkāra-puram: to the city named Camatkāra
• camatkāra-puram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: camatkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नामधेय): ‘चमत्कार-नामकं पुरम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘went’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa couple sets out on pilgrimage—staff, waterpot, small bundle—approaching the gates of Camatkārapura, where a temple spire rises and auspicious banners flutter, suggesting imminent marvel.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is presented as a dharmic turn—especially for householders seeking purification and auspicious outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura is named as the destination within this tīrtha-centered narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is tīrtha-yātrā (undertaking pilgrimage), with details to follow in subsequent verses.