Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

बृहस्पतिश्चिरं ध्यात्वा सिद्धं प्राह ततः परम् । चमत्कारपुरं क्षेत्रं गत्वा तत्र तपः कुरु

Transliteration

bṛhaspatiściraṃ dhyātvā siddhaṃ prāha tataḥ param | camatkārapuraṃ kṣetraṃ gatvā tatra tapaḥ kuru

Translation

Bṛhaspati, nachdem er lange in Meditation verweilt hatte, sprach zum Siddha: „Geh in das heilige Kṣetra von Camatkārapura und übe dort Tapas, die heilige Askese.“

Word by Word

• bṛhaspatiḥ: Bṛhaspati
• bṛhaspatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bṛhaspati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• ciram: for long
• ciram: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (for a long time)

• dhyātvā: having meditated
• dhyātvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhyai (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• siddham: the accomplished/certain (answer)
• siddham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied ‘word/answer’)

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरवाचक (thereafter)

• param: further/next
• param: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (further/next)

• camatkāra-puram: Camatkārapura (name of a town)
• camatkāra-puram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: camatkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (camatkārasya puram)

• kṣetram: sacred region/field
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; camatkārapuram इत्यस्य विशेष्यं

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• tapaḥ: austerity/penance
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• kuru: do/perform
• kuru: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhaspati in meditative stillness (eyes half-closed), then raising his hand in instruction; a visionary glimpse of Camatkārapura appears—radiant kṣetra with a shrine, sacred water, and ascetics performing tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati
• Camatkārapura
• Kṣetra
• Siddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Specific sacred places (kṣetras) amplify spiritual effort; tapas performed there bears swift, dharmic fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura kṣetra is named as the efficacious sacred destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Travel to Camatkārapura and undertake tapaḥ (austerity) there.