Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यदन्यत्र शुभं कर्म वर्षेणैकेन सिध्यति । तत्तत्र दिवसेनापि सिद्धिं याति क्षितीश्वर

Transliteration

yadanyatra śubhaṃ karma varṣeṇaikena sidhyati | tattatra divasenāpi siddhiṃ yāti kṣitīśvara

Translation

Oh señor de la tierra, cualquier acto auspicioso que en otro lugar se cumple en un año, allí alcanza su fruto incluso en un solo día.

Word by Word

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• anyatra: elsewhere
• anyatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anya + tra (अव्यय-निर्माण)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• karma: act, rite
• karma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• varṣeṇa: by (means of) a year; in a year
• varṣeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/कालपरिमाणे प्रयोगः

• ekena: by one, single
• ekena: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• sidhyati: is accomplished
• sidhyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sidh (सिध्, धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक सर्वनाम

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• divasena: by a day; in a day
• divasena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; कालपरिमाणे प्रयोगः

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• siddhim: success, attainment
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• yāti: attains, reaches
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या, धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kṣitīśvara: O lord of the earth (king)
• kṣitīśvara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣiti + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kṣiteḥ īśvaraḥ)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kṣitīśvara / Mahīpati (the king addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or narrator extols a wondrous sacred field where time itself seems shortened; the king listens in awe as the merit of a day equals a year elsewhere.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura
• King (kṣitīśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The potency of a mahā-kṣetra magnifies dharma: sincere auspicious action ripens swiftly where sacred power is concentrated.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura-kṣetra, praised for accelerating the fruition of śubha-karma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General śubha-karma (pious rites such as snāna, dāna, japa, pūjā) is implied; the claim is that results arise in a day there.