Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

यत्र स्थाने जरामृत्युर्न शोकश्च कदाचन । तथा चित्रेश्वरीपीठे सिद्धिरेकस्य कीर्तिता

Transliteration

yatra sthāne jarāmṛtyurna śokaśca kadācana | tathā citreśvarīpīṭhe siddhirekasya kīrtitā

Translation

An jenem Ort gibt es weder Alter noch Tod, noch jemals Kummer. So wird am Pīṭha der Citreśvarī die einzigartige, unvergleichliche Vollendung verkündet.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जरा: old age
• जरा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मृत्युः: death
• मृत्युः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• शोकः: sorrow
• शोकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• कदाचन: ever / at any time
• कदाचन: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ever/at any time)

• तथा: likewise / thus
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/so; likewise)

• चित्रेश्वरीपीठे: at the Citreśvarī seat (pīṭha)
• चित्रेश्वरीपीठे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रेश्वरी + पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चित्रेश्वर्याः पीठम्)

• सिद्धिः: attainment / success
• सिद्धिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एकस्य: of one (person)
• एकस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (जनस्य/भक्तस्य—implicit)

• कीर्तिता: is proclaimed
• कीर्तिता: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the ṛṣis (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citreśvarīpīṭha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene vision of the Citreśvarī seat: the goddess’s shrine radiates calm; devotees appear free of sorrow, with symbolic absence of Yama/decay—lotuses, clear light, and timeless atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Citreśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It glorifies the pīṭha as a realm of transcendence where worldly afflictions—aging, death, and sorrow—lose their force, emphasizing the liberating power of sacred space.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Citreśvarīpīṭha, a celebrated seat of the Goddess within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; the verse primarily states the pīṭha’s fruit (phala) as ‘unique siddhi’.