Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगतः । तत्र सप्तर्षयः प्राप्ता मरीचिप्रमुखा द्विजाः

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya tīrthayātrāprasaṃgataḥ | tatra saptarṣayaḥ prāptā marīcipramukhā dvijāḥ

Translation

Puis, à un certain moment, à l’occasion d’un pèlerinage vers les tīrtha, arrivèrent en ce lieu les Sept Ṛṣi, des brāhmaṇas conduits par Marīci.

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (indefinite)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक (then)

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगतः: due to the occasion of a pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगतः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्-प्रत्यय; अव्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'from/because of'); पूर्वपद-समासः—तत्पुरुष (तीर्थयात्रायाः प्रसङ्गः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• सप्तर्षयः: the seven sages
• सप्तर्षयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु (सप्तानां ऋषीणाम् समूहः)

• प्राप्ताः: arrived
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त (√प्राप् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकर्तरि प्रयोग; (आगताः) क्रियार्थक

• मरीचिप्रमुखाः: with Marīci as the foremost
• मरीचिप्रमुखाः: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मरीचि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मरीचिः प्रमुखः येषाम्)

• द्विजाः: Brahmins, twice-born
• द्विजाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (specific speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Seven radiant sages arrive at a sacred ford—Marīci leading—carrying kamaṇḍalus and staffs, surrounded by a subtle aura; the landscape feels charged and auspicious.

Characters & Entities

• Saptarṣi
• Marīci

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The arrival of great sages during pilgrimage signals the saving power of satsanga, often becoming the turning point for the fallen.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha is referenced generally (tīrthayātrā), but the specific site name is not given in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is indicated as the occasion, but no specific rite is detailed here.