Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराणएकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां षष्ठे नागरखण्डे हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये शंखतीर्थोत्पत्तिमाहात्म्यवर्णने चमत्कारभूपतिना व्राह्मणेभ्यो नगरदानवर्णनंनामैकादशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇaekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śaṃkhatīrthotpattimāhātmyavarṇane camatkārabhūpatinā vrāhmaṇebhyo nagaradānavarṇanaṃnāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le onzième chapitre, intitulé « Description du don d’une cité par le roi Cāmatkāra aux Brāhmaṇas », dans le récit de la grandeur de Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, au sein du sixième Nāgara-khaṇḍa du Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa (la Saṃhitā de quatre-vingt-un mille vers), dans la section décrivant l’origine et la grandeur de Śaṅkhatīrtha.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative/end marker)

• śrī-skāṃde: in the venerable Skanda (Purāṇa)
• śrī-skāṃde: Adhikarana (Text-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); कर्मधारयः (honorific) ‘श्रीमान् स्कन्दः’ → ‘श्रीस्कन्द’

• mahāpurāṇa-ekāśīti-sāhasryām: in the (collection) of eighty-one thousand
• mahāpurāṇa-ekāśīti-sāhasryām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahāpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ekāśīti (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); द्विगु-समासः (numerical) ‘एकाशीतिसाहस्री’ = consisting of 81,000 (verses)

• saṃhitāyām: in the Saṃhitā
• saṃhitāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhitā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• ṣaṣṭhe: in the sixth
• ṣaṣṭhe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (masc/neut), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• nāgara-khaṇḍe: in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa section
• nāgara-khaṇḍe: Adhikarana (Section-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (neuter in usage for khaṇḍa), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः (name-compound)

• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred region
• hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmye: Adhikarana (Topic-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः ‘हाटकेश्वरस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्ये’

• śaṃkha-tīrtha-utpatti-māhātmya-varṇane: in the description of the glory of the origin of Śaṅkha-tīrtha
• śaṃkha-tīrtha-utpatti-māhātmya-varṇane: Adhikarana (Topic-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkha (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘शंखतीर्थस्य उत्पत्तेः माहात्म्यस्य वर्णने’

• camatkāra-bhūpatinā: by (King) Camatkāra-bhūpati
• camatkāra-bhūpatinā: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: camatkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः (proper name)

• brāhmaṇebhyaḥ: to the brāhmaṇas
• brāhmaṇebhyaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (dative/4th), बहुवचन (plural)

• nagara-dāna-varṇanam: the description of the gift of a city
• nagara-dāna-varṇanam: Karta (Predicate title/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagara (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः ‘नगरदानस्य वर्णनम्’

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशार्थक-अव्यय (particle indicating name)

• ekādaśaḥ: eleventh
• ekādaśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); क्रम/संख्यावाचक

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Predicate/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Colophon / Redactional closure (not a dialogue speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha (origin and greatness)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A manuscript-like closing tableau: the sacred site named, the king Cāmatkāra’s city-gift implied—brāhmaṇas receiving deeds/keys, with the temple of Hāṭakeśvara in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda Purāṇa
• Nāgara-khaṇḍa
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Śaṅkhatīrtha
• Cāmatkāra (king)
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The colophon frames the chapter’s dharma emphasis: tīrtha-mahātmya is linked with dāna (charitable gifting) and honoring brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṅkhatīrtha within the sacred region of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nagara-dāna (donation of a city/town) to brāhmaṇas is named as a featured act in the chapter’s theme.