Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तथान्ये शंसिताऽत्मानो ब्रह्मचर्यपरायणाः । तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे समागताः

Transliteration

tathānye śaṃsitā'tmāno brahmacaryaparāyaṇāḥ | tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena tasminkṣetre samāgatāḥ

Translation

De même, d’autres hommes maîtres d’eux-mêmes—loués pour leur conduite et voués au brahmacarya—se rassemblèrent dans ce kṣetra sacré, entraînés par le cours de leur pèlerinage aux tīrthas.

Word by Word

• tathā: likewise / thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'thus/likewise')

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural)

• śaṃsitāḥ: praised / renowned
• śaṃsitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaṃs (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'praised/commended'

• ātmānaḥ: souls/persons (themselves)
• ātmānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• brahmacarya-parāyaṇāḥ: devoted to celibacy (brahmacarya)
• brahmacarya-parāyaṇāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahmacarya (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/संबन्ध: 'brahmacarye parāyaṇāḥ'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tīrthayātrā-prasaṃgena: by/through the occasion of a pilgrimage to a tīrtha
• tīrthayātrā-prasaṃgena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + prasaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; हेतु/निमित्त (cause/occasion)

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• kṣetre: field/holy region
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• samāgatāḥ: assembled / arrived
• samāgatāḥ: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle used predicatively); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'having come/assembled'

Speaker

Sūta (narration context; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: अनिर्दिष्ट-तīrtha-kṣetra (Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Groups of disciplined pilgrims and young ascetics, modestly clad, carrying water pots and staffs, entering a sacred precinct with calm faces; the kṣetra appears orderly and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• brahmacārin
• tīrtha
• kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places become especially transformative through the presence of disciplined, virtuous pilgrims; sādhusaṅga magnifies tīrtha-merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks generally of “that kṣetra” within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific site is indicated by the surrounding narrative of Adhyāya 14.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) and the virtue of brahmacarya.