Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तेन मार्गेण ते पुनः । तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन मुनयः समुपस्थिताः

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya tena mārgeṇa te punaḥ | tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena munayaḥ samupasthitāḥ

Translation

Después de algún tiempo, los sabios llegaron de nuevo por esa misma ruta, con motivo de su peregrinación a los tīrthas sagrados.

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (‘of some’)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयबोधक (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तरबोधक (particle: ‘then/now’)

• कालस्य: time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मार्गेण: by the path
• मार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिबोधक (adverb: ‘again’)

• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन: due to the occasion of pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन: Karana (Instrument/Reason/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + यात्रा + प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘तीर्थयात्रायाः प्रसङ्गः’ = occasion of pilgrimage)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• समुपस्थिताः: arrived/present
• समुपस्थिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उप-√स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘मुनयः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Unknown (Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relating the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of sages walking in a line along a dusty path with staffs and waterpots, discussing tīrthas; the landscape opens toward a riverbank or grove ahead; the sense is of purposeful travel and sacred itinerary.

Characters & Entities

• muni
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) naturally brings one into contact with saints and sacred events, becoming a catalyst for dharmic transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks generally of tīrtha-yātrā; the exact tīrtha is not specified in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practice indicated is tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage); no specific bath, vow, or donation is detailed here.