Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अथ देवगणाः सर्वे तत्र गत्वा तदाऽश्रमान् । चक्रुः पृथक्पृथग्घृष्टास्तपोऽर्थं कृतनिश्चयाः

Transliteration

atha devagaṇāḥ sarve tatra gatvā tadā'śramān | cakruḥ pṛthakpṛthagghṛṣṭāstapo'rthaṃ kṛtaniścayāḥ

Translation

ثم إن جموع الآلهة جميعًا مضوا إلى هناك، فأقاموا مَحَابِسَ النُّسّاك كلٌّ على حدة، فرحين بعزمهم، ثابتين على قرارهم أن يباشروا التَّقَشُّفَ المقدّس (تابَس).

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनुक्रमसूचक-अव्यय (then)

• देवगणाः: groups of gods
• देवगणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (devānām gaṇaḥ)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवगणाः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then/at that time)

• आश्रमान्: hermitages
• आश्रमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• चक्रुः: made; performed
• चक्रुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (separately)

• पृथक्: each (one) separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (each separately)

• हृष्टाः: delighted
• हृष्टाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (देवगणाः) इति विशेषण

• तपः: of austerity
• तपः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• अर्थम्: for the sake/purpose
• अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the sake of)

• कृतनिश्चयाः: having made a firm resolve
• कृतनिश्चयाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ-धातु, क्त कृदन्त) + निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (ये कृतः निश्चयः येषाम्) विशेषण (देवगणाः)

Speaker

Narrative voice (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hosts of devas arrive at the kṣetra and set up separate hermitages, each joyfully committed to tapas—rows of leaf-huts, fire-altars, and meditating deities in a sanctified grove.

Characters & Entities

• Devagaṇa (hosts of devas)
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual effort is strengthened by firm resolve and disciplined environment—āśrama life supports tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the same holy destination “there” (tatra), within the Camatkārapura-centered tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Creating āśramas and undertaking tapas with determination; no specific rite beyond austerity is detailed.