Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तीर्थयात्रापरायणः । भार्यया सहितो विप्रश्चमत्कारपुरं गतः

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ | bhāryayā sahito vipraścamatkārapuraṃ gataḥ

Translation

Dann, nach einiger Zeit, machte sich der Brahmane, der der Pilgerfahrt zu den heiligen Tīrthas ergeben war, zusammen mit seiner Gattin nach Camatkārapura auf.

Word by Word

• kasya-cit: of some
• kasya-cit: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kasya (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) + cit (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक-प्रयोग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/genitive), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सम्बन्ध: ‘of some’

• tu: indeed, then
• tu: Discourse particle (सम्बोधन/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): विरोध/अनुक्रम-निर्देशक ‘but/indeed’

• atha: then
• atha: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunctive/adverb): ‘then/now’

• kālasya: of time; after some time
• kālasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tīrtha-yātrā-parāyaṇaḥ: devoted to pilgrimage to holy places
• tīrtha-yātrā-parāyaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘तीर्थयात्रायां परायणः’ (devoted to pilgrimage); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhāryayā: with (his) wife
• bhāryayā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• sahitaḥ: accompanied
• sahitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक; √sah/सह्-भाव)
• Form: कृदन्त/निष्पन्न-विशेषण, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘accompanied’

• vipraḥ: the Brahmin
• vipraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• camatkāra-puram: to the city named Camatkāra
• camatkāra-puram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: camatkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नामधेय): ‘चमत्कार-नामकं पुरम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘went’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa couple sets out on pilgrimage—staff, waterpot, small bundle—approaching the gates of Camatkārapura, where a temple spire rises and auspicious banners flutter, suggesting imminent marvel.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is presented as a dharmic turn—especially for householders seeking purification and auspicious outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura is named as the destination within this tīrtha-centered narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is tīrtha-yātrā (undertaking pilgrimage), with details to follow in subsequent verses.