Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

पितामह उवाच । अस्मिन्क्षेत्रे मया सार्धं कुरुध्वं पुत्रकास्तपः । गमिष्यथ परां सिद्धिं येन लोके सुदुर्लभाम्

Transliteration

pitāmaha uvāca | asminkṣetre mayā sārdhaṃ kurudhvaṃ putrakāstapaḥ | gamiṣyatha parāṃ siddhiṃ yena loke sudurlabhām

Translation

Pitāmaha (Brahmā) sprach: „O meine Söhne, vollzieht Tapas hier in diesem heiligen Kṣetra zusammen mit mir. Dadurch werdet ihr die höchste Vollendung erlangen, die in der Welt äußerst selten ist.“

Word by Word

• pitāmahaḥ: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं 'kṣetre'

• kṣetre: field/holy region
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mayā: with me/by me
• mayā: Sahakāraka (Agent-associated; 'with me')
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Saha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdha (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (सह/समं-अर्थे)

• kurudhvam: do, perform
• kurudhvam: Kriyā (Imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• putrakāḥ: O sons, dear children
• putrakāḥ: Sambodhana (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tapaḥ: austerity, penance
• tapaḥ: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• gamiṣyatha: you will go/attain
• gamiṣyatha: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• parām: supreme
• parām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं 'siddhim'

• siddhim: attainment, perfection
• siddhim: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yena: by which
• yena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रयोगः

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sudurlabhām: very hard to obtain
• sudurlabhām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + durlabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'su' उपसर्ग-प्रयोगः; विशेषणं 'siddhim'

Speaker

Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā speaks with a calm, authoritative gesture, inviting the sages to perform tapas in the very kṣetra with him; the sages listen attentively, hands folded.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• kṣetra (sacred site)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity performed in a consecrated kṣetra, especially under divine guidance, yields rare and supreme spiritual accomplishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises “this kṣetra” within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the snippet itself does not name the site, but it is presented as a place where siddhi is uniquely attainable.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking tapas (austerity/penance) in the sacred kṣetra.