Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

इति संसिद्धमंत्रः स चमत्कारपुरं गतः । विप्राणां प्रार्थनार्थाय भूमिखंडकृते द्विजाः

Transliteration

iti saṃsiddhamaṃtraḥ sa camatkārapuraṃ gataḥ | viprāṇāṃ prārthanārthāya bhūmikhaṃḍakṛte dvijāḥ

Translation

Thus, perfected in mantra, he went to Camatkārapura—O twice-born—on account of the brāhmaṇas’ petition concerning the matter of a divided tract of land.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-निपात (quotative/marker)

• saṃsiddha-mantraḥ: one whose mantras were perfected / the perfected-mantra (sage)
• saṃsiddha-mantraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsiddha (कृदन्त; √sidh (धातु) + सम्, क्त) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• camatkāra-puram: Camatkārapura (name of a city)
• camatkāra-puram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: camatkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (कृदन्त; √gam (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle) प्रयुक्तः क्रियार्थे

• viprāṇām: of the Brahmins
• viprāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• prārthana-arthāya: for the sake of a request/prayer
• prārthana-arthāya: Sampradana (Purpose/प्रयोजन-चतुर्थी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prārthana (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (प्रयोजनवाचक)

• bhūmi-khaṇḍa-kṛte: when/where the land-plot was made (in the prepared ground)
• bhūmi-khaṇḍa-kṛte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ (धातु) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः; (भूमिकखण्डकृते = भूमिखण्डे कृते) स्थानवाचक

• dvijāḥ: the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mantra-siddha sage travels from the shrine to a town (Camatkārapura). Brāhmaṇas gather with petitions; a map-like divided land tract is shown; the sage stands as mediator, calm yet authoritative.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura
• vipra
• dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual attainment is shown serving dharma in society—helping resolve worldly conflicts through righteous means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura is introduced as the next significant locale in the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite; it narrates the movement of a mantra-perfected person responding to a vipras’ request.