Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तस्मादन्यत्र नेष्यामि कलिर्यत्र न विद्यते । येन तत्र विमुंचामि निजं तीर्थं च पुष्करम्

Transliteration

tasmādanyatra neṣyāmi kaliryatra na vidyate | yena tatra vimuṃcāmi nijaṃ tīrthaṃ ca puṣkaram

Translation

Darum werde ich es an einen anderen Ort führen, wo das Kali-Zeitalter nicht herrscht, damit ich dort meinen eigenen heiligen Übergang, Puṣkara, begründe.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादान (ablative of cause/source)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• नेष्यामि: I will lead/take
• नेष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; नयने (to lead)

• कलिः: Kali (the age/personification)
• कलिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb ‘where’)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; सत्तायाम् (to exist/be found)

• येन: by which/so that
• येन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु (instrument/cause)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place ‘there’)

• विमुञ्चामि: I leave/abandon
• विमुञ्चामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; त्यागे/मोचने (to release/leave)

• निजम्: one’s own
• निजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• पुष्करम्: Puṣkara
• पुष्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (समुच्चित)

Speaker

Pitāmaha (Brahmā) (deduced from immediate context in the same adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (nija-tīrtha of Brahmā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-s/seekers (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā declares he will lead Puṣkara to a Kali-free realm; the lotus in his hand glows as a portal-like symbol, with the lake’s essence rising into subtle light.

Characters & Entities

• Kali
• Puṣkara
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrthas are upheld by dharma; the divine relocates sanctity to preserve spiritual refuge when adharma rises.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara is explicitly named as the tīrtha to be established/secured.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse explains the intention behind establishing a tīrtha (Puṣkara) away from Kali’s influence.