Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

चित्रांगदोऽपि तत्रैव तया सार्धं तथा स्थितः । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तत्र क्षेत्रे समाययौ

Transliteration

citrāṃgado'pi tatraiva tayā sārdhaṃ tathā sthitaḥ | kasyacittvatha kālasya tatra kṣetre samāyayau

Translation

Auch Citrāṅgada blieb genau dort, zusammen mit ihr, in eben diesem Zustand. Dann, nach einiger Zeit, kam eine göttliche Präsenz an jenen heiligen Ort.

Word by Word

• चित्राङ्गदः: Citrāṅgada (name)
• चित्राङ्गदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्राङ्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

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

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (restrictive particle)

• तया: with her / by her
• तया: Sahakarana (Instrument/सहकारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (adverb/preposition ‘together with’)

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• स्थितः: stood, remained
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सम्बन्ध (‘of some’)

• तु: then, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (particle ‘but/then’)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequence/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle ‘then/now’)

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समाययौ: arrived, came
• समाययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (continuation of the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citreśvara (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-group (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Citrāṃgada and the woman remain in the kṣetra, subdued and waiting; time passes; a distant luminous approach hints at an arriving divine presence.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāṃgada
• kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time and sacred space together bring karmic and divine outcomes; the kṣetra becomes the stage for revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same unnamed kṣetra of Adhyāya 144; the following verses indicate a Śaiva locus connected with Citreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it sets the scene for an imminent theophany.