Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठोऽपि मुनिश्रेष्ठो जगामार्बुदपर्वतम् । विश्वामित्रस्तु विप्रर्षिश्चमत्कारपुरं गतः

Transliteration

vasiṣṭho'pi muniśreṣṭho jagāmārbudaparvatam | viśvāmitrastu viprarṣiścamatkārapuraṃ gataḥ

Translation

মুনিশ্রেষ্ঠ বশিষ্ঠও অর্বুদ পর্বতে গমন করলেন; আর ব্রহ্মর্ষি বিশ্বামিত্র চমৎকারপুরে গেলেন।

Word by Word

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘also’

• मुनिश्रेष्ठः: best of sages
• मुनिश्रेष्ठः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनिनां श्रेष्ठः)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अर्बुदपर्वतम्: Mount Arbuda
• अर्बुदपर्वतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अर्बुदस्य पर्वतः)

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थे ‘but/indeed’

• विप्रर्षिः: the brahmin-sage
• विप्रर्षिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (विप्रश्चासौ ऋषिश्च)

• चमत्कारपुरम्: the city of Camatkāra
• चमत्कारपुरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चमत्कारस्य पुरम्)

• गतः: went/has gone
• गतः: Kriya (क्रिया/परिणाम)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + गत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having gone’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbudaparvata; Camatkārapura (within the same tirtha-region narrative)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two great sages depart in different directions: Vasiṣṭha toward the wooded heights of Arbuda, Viśvāmitra toward a wondrous city (Camatkārapura), with attendants and ascetic emblems; the landscape shifts from mountain slopes to a fortified sacred settlement.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Viśvāmitra
• Arbuda-parvata (Mount Abu)
• Camatkārapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great sages relocate to sustain tapas and dharma when a place becomes unsuitable—affirming that spiritual practice depends on right environment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda-parvata is explicitly named; the narrative also situates Camatkārapura as a significant locale in the tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a sacred-geography movement notice.