Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमाविष्टश्चमत्कारपुरं प्रति । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः

Transliteration

samyakchraddhāsamāviṣṭaścamatkārapuraṃ prati | etasminneva kāle tu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

Translation

Entièrement pénétré de foi, il se dirigea vers la cité de Camatkārapura. Et en ce même temps, Brahmā —Pitāmaha, l’aïeul des mondes— (agit lui aussi).

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘properly/well’

• श्रद्धासमाविष्टः: possessed by faith
• श्रद्धासमाविष्टः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + सम् + आ + विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (कर्तरि) ‘समाविष्ट’ = ‘entered/possessed’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (प्रस्थितः/इन्द्रः)

• चमत्कारपुरम्: to the city of Camatkāra
• चमत्कारपुरम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गन्तव्य-देशः

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Adhikarana (Direction/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्ग/उपपद) — ‘towards’ (गत्यर्थे)

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: just/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण)

• काले: time
• काले: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: but/and then
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अन्वयार्थक निपात)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लोकपितामहः: the grandsire of the worlds
• लोकपितामहः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः उपाधि

Speaker

Narrator (within the Purāṇic dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, filled with faith, advances toward Camatkārapura; the narrative camera widens to reveal Brahmā simultaneously taking action—two cosmic powers converging on the sacred city.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura
• Brahmā
• Lokapitāmaha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śraddhā is the inner power that makes tīrtha-travel and ancestral rites spiritually effective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura is named as a destination in the sacred-geography narrative linked to śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct procedure; it stresses the required disposition—performing the journey and rites with firm faith.