Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

चमत्कारपुरे न्यस्तः स्थानेऽस्मिन्विप्रगौरवात् । येन सिध्यंति कार्याणि सर्वेषां च द्विजन्मनाम्

Transliteration

camatkārapure nyastaḥ sthāne'sminvipragauravāt | yena sidhyaṃti kāryāṇi sarveṣāṃ ca dvijanmanām

Translation

Par vénération pour les brāhmanes, il fut établi en ce lieu même, à Camatkārapura ; par lui, les entreprises de tous les « deux-fois-nés » parviennent à leur accomplissement.

Word by Word

• चमत्कारपुरे: in Camatkāra-pura
• चमत्कारपुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘चमत्कारस्य पुरम्’ = city named Camatkāra); अधिकरण

• न्यस्तः: placed, deposited
• न्यस्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + अस्/स्यन्द्? (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त); प्रातिपदिक ‘न्यस्त’
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) from √न्यस् (नि+अस्/स्यस् ‘to place/lay down’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (यः)

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विप्रगौरवात्: due to reverence for brāhmaṇas
• विप्रगौरवात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + गौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘विप्रस्य गौरवम्’ = reverence for brāhmaṇas); हेत्वर्थ (cause)

• येन: by whom/whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक सर्वनाम

• सिध्यन्ति: are accomplished, succeed
• सिध्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद/परस्मैपद-प्रयोगः (सिध्यति commonly Ā); here बहुवचन

• कार्याणि: tasks, affairs
• कार्याणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (द्विजन्मनाम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• द्विजन्मनाम्: of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas etc.)
• द्विजन्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘द्विः जन्म यस्य’ = twice-born, brāhmaṇa etc.)

Speaker

Deductive: Skanda (narrating the Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (associated kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal installation (pratiṣṭhā) scene in Camatkārapura: the revered brāhmaṇa is ceremonially seated/established; townsmen and dvijas witness; ritual vessels, garlands, and a sanctified platform indicate ‘this very spot’.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place becomes spiritually potent when founded upon reverence for dharma and the guardians of Vedic tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura, described as a place of siddhi (successful accomplishment) for the twice-born.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is detailed; the verse emphasizes vipra-gaurava (honoring Brāhmaṇas) as the cause of efficacy.