Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तेन तत्पावनं क्षेत्रं सर्वेषामिह कीर्तितम् । कामदं मुक्तिदं चैव जायते सर्वदेहिनाम्

Transliteration

tena tatpāvanaṃ kṣetraṃ sarveṣāmiha kīrtitam | kāmadaṃ muktidaṃ caiva jāyate sarvadehinām

Translation

Darum wird dieses reinigende heilige Kṣetra hier für alle gepriesen. Es wird zum Gewährer der Wünsche und zugleich zum Spender der Befreiung für alle verkörperten Wesen.

Word by Word

• tena: by him / by that
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; Instrumental pronoun

• tatpāvanam: that-purifying
• tatpāvanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + pāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत् पावनम् इति तत्पुरुषः (determinative); विशेषणम् (kṣetram)

• kṣetram: sacred place/field
• kṣetram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; “of all”

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• kīrtitam: is proclaimed
• kīrtitam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kīrt (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (kṣetram): “is declared”

• kāmadam: wish-granting
• kāmadam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कामं ददाति इति उपपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (kṣetram)

• muktidam: liberation-giving
• muktidam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukti + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—मुक्तिं ददाति इति उपपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (kṣetram)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• jāyate: becomes
• jāyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; “comes to be/becomes”

• sarvadehinām: of all embodied beings
• sarvadehinām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + dehin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वे देहिनः इति कर्मधारय-प्रायः (determinative); Genitive: “of all embodied beings”

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acaleśvara-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims of varied ages and stations receive blessings at a Śiva shrine; one group prays for worldly boons, another meditates for liberation; the kṣetra radiates purifying light.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣetra
• Mukti (liberation)
• Kāma (desired aims)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha harmonizes worldly welfare and ultimate freedom, guiding beings from kāma toward mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The purifying Acaleśvara-kṣetra described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse summarizes the general fruits (phala) of the kṣetra.