Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

एकदाहं गतः पुत्र चमत्कारपुरोत्तमे । दृष्टं मया पुरं तच्च समंताद्ब्राह्मणैवृतम्

Transliteration

ekadāhaṃ gataḥ putra camatkārapurottame | dṛṣṭaṃ mayā puraṃ tacca samaṃtādbrāhmaṇaivṛtam

Translation

«Un jour, mon fils, je me rendis dans l’excellente cité nommée Camatkāra, et je vis cette ville entourée de brāhmanes de toutes parts.»

Word by Word

• एकदा: once
• एकदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ekadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (once/at one time)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (State/action of subject/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि: 'gone'

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• चमत्कारपुरोत्तमे: in the excellent city of Camatkāra
• चमत्कारपुरोत्तमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: camatkāra-pura-uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (camatkārasya puraṃ; तत्र उत्तमम्)

• दृष्टम्: was seen
• दृष्टम्: Kriya (Perception/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि: 'seen'

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• पुरम्: city
• पुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Demonstrative/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुरम् इति विशेष्यस्य पुनरुक्ति/निर्देश

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• समन्तात्: on all sides
• समन्तात्: Desha (Spatial extent/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/परितः (adverb: 'on all sides')

• ब्राह्मणैः: by Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• आवृतम्: surrounded
• आवृतम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√vṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुरम् इति कर्मविशेषणम्: 'surrounded'

Speaker

King (addressing ‘putra’—son)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler-king enters Camatkārapura: streets and gateways lined with brāhmaṇas in white garments, carrying waterpots and manuscripts; the city appears encircled by their presence like a living protective garland.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkāra-pura
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A truly auspicious place is upheld by learned and disciplined communities; sacred geography is strengthened by living dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse names Camatkāra-pura as an exemplary city; it functions as a model sacred settlement within the tīrthamāhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the focus is on the dhārmic character of the city and its residents.