Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ततो जगाम विदुरः स्वपुरं प्रति हर्षितः । कृतकृत्यो द्विजास्ते च चक्रुर्वाक्यं तदुद्भवम्

Transliteration

tato jagāma viduraḥ svapuraṃ prati harṣitaḥ | kṛtakṛtyo dvijāste ca cakrurvākyaṃ tadudbhavam

Translation

Daraufhin zog Vidura, voller Freude, in seine eigene Stadt zurück. Auch jene Brāhmaṇas fühlten ihr Vorhaben vollendet und sprachen Worte, die jener heiligen Gelegenheit entsprachen.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• विदुरः: Vidura
• विदुरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्वपुरं: to his own city
• स्वपुरं: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वं पुरं)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Adhikarana (Directional/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (दिशासूचक/preposition)

• हर्षितः: delighted
• हर्षितः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) √हृष्/हर्ष (to rejoice) — 'having become delighted'

• कृतकृत्यः: one who has accomplished his duty
• कृतकृत्यः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कृतं कृत्यं येन)

• द्विजाः: Brahmins
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

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

• चक्रुः: did, performed
• चक्रुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• वाक्यम्: statement, utterance
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तदुद्भवम्: arising from that (occasion/source)
• तदुद्भवम्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य उद्भवम् = arising from that); विशेषण (वाक्यम् इति)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vidura, serene and delighted, begins his journey back; brāhmaṇas remain behind, speaking auspicious words and blessings, with ritual items still present—an ending tableau of a pilgrimage rite.

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Dvija (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma performed in connection with a tīrtha brings inner fulfillment (kṛtakṛtyatā) and auspicious outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate passage sits within the Vidureśvara/related tīrtha context of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, though the exact place-name is not stated in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it narrates the completion of a dharmic purpose and the resulting auspiciousness.