Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

आनयिष्यामि तत्तीर्थं पुष्करं चात्मनः प्रियम् । कलिकालभयाच्चैतद्यावन्नो व्यर्थतां व्रजेत्

Transliteration

ānayiṣyāmi tattīrthaṃ puṣkaraṃ cātmanaḥ priyam | kalikālabhayāccaitadyāvanno vyarthatāṃ vrajet

Translation

I shall bring that sacred tīrtha—Pushkara, dear to me—so that, out of fear of Kali-yuga, this holy merit may not become futile.

Word by Word

• आनयिष्यामि: I will bring
• आनयिष्यामि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √nī (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘that’ (yajña/tīrtha-context)

• तीर्थम्: holy place/pilgrimage site
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पुष्करम्: Puṣkara (holy place)
• पुष्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• आत्मनः: of myself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘of myself/for myself’

• प्रियम्: dear, beloved
• प्रियम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘dear/beloved’ (qualifies tīrtham/puṣkaram)

• कलिकाल-भयात्: from fear of the Kali age
• कलिकाल-भयात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kali-kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: कलिकालस्य भयम्; ‘from fear of the Kali age’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• एतत्: this (thing/place)
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘this’ (as subject of vrajet)

• यावत्: until, as long as
• यावत्: Kāla-parimāṇa (Temporal limit/कालपरिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध)
• Form: अव्यय (सीमा/पर्यन्तवाचक: ‘until/as long as’)

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th) बहुवचन (enclitic); ‘our’

• व्यर्थताम्: futility, uselessness
• व्यर्थताम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object of motion/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyarthatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘futility’ (goal/state reached)

• व्रजेत्: may go, might go
• व्रजेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brahmā (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (brought/connected here) and Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama / Yājñavalkya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā (four-faced) resolves to ‘bring’ Puṣkara tīrtha—visualized as a luminous water-source or sacred lake essence traveling as a radiant stream/kalasha toward Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra, while shadowy Kali-yuga forces recede.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara Tīrtha
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine providence preserves access to tīrtha-merit for beings in Kali-yuga by concentrating sanctity in special kṣetras.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara tīrtha is explicitly mentioned, along with the superior kṣetra where it is to be brought/connected.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed rite; the focus is on the transference/availability of tīrtha potency (tīrtha-sannidhāna) in Kali-yuga.