Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य पुष्पोनाम द्विजोत्तमः । तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन संप्राप्तस्तत्पुरं प्रति

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya puṣponāma dvijottamaḥ | tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena saṃprāptastatpuraṃ prati

Translation

Nach einiger Zeit gelangte ein vorzüglicher Brāhmaṇa namens Puṣpa in jene Stadt, auf seiner Pilgerreise zu den heiligen Tīrthas.

Word by Word

• kasya-cit: of some
• kasya-cit: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + cit (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (indefinite: ‘of some’)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle: but/indeed)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• kālasya: of time
• kālasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• puṣpaḥ: Puṣpa
• puṣpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name element)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (indeclinable: ‘named’)

• dvijottamaḥ: an excellent brāhmaṇa
• dvijottamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (uttamaḥ dvijaḥ)

• tīrtha-yātrā-prasaṃgena: due to the occasion of a pilgrimage
• tīrtha-yātrā-prasaṃgena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + prasaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (tīrthayātrāyāḥ prasaṅgaḥ)

• saṃprāptaḥ: arrived
• saṃprāptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√prāp (धातु) + kta → saṃprāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• tat-puram: that city
• tat-puram: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (tasya puram)

• prati: towards
• prati: Sambandha (Direction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preposition-like: towards)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified brāhmaṇa pilgrim named Puṣpa enters the city gates with staff and water-pot, dust of travel on his feet, calm gaze; the city’s atmosphere hints at an unresolved moral disturbance.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is presented as a living dharmic journey that brings seekers into transformative encounters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse indicates arrival at “that city” within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative; the specific tīrtha is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Engagement in tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) is implied as a meritorious practice.