Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

मुनय ऊचुः । तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन भ्रममाणा महीतलम् ः । चमत्कारपुराभ्याशे वयं प्राप्ताः पितामह

Transliteration

munaya ūcuḥ | tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena bhramamāṇā mahītalam ḥ | camatkārapurābhyāśe vayaṃ prāptāḥ pitāmaha

Translation

Les sages dirent : « Au fil de notre pèlerinage vers les tīrtha, errant sur la face de la terre, nous sommes arrivés, ô Pitāmaha, près de Camatkārapura. »

Word by Word

• munayaḥ: the sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (मुनि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• tīrtha-yātrā-prasaṅgena: by occasion of pilgrimage
• tīrtha-yātrā-prasaṅgena: Karana (Cause/हेतु-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (तीर्थ) + yātrā (यात्रा) + prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला): tīrtha-yātrā (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-सम्बन्ध) + prasaṅga (हेतु/निमित्त)

• bhramamāṇāḥ: wandering
• bhramamāṇāḥ: Kriya (Concurrent action/अनुक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhram (भ्रम् धातु) + bhramamāṇa (भ्रममाण शतृ/शानच् कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (munayaḥ)

• mahītalam: the earth's surface
• mahītalam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahītala (महीतल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• camatkāra-pura-abhyāśe: near the city of Camatkāra
• camatkāra-pura-abhyāśe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: camatkāra (चमत्कार) + pura (पुर) + abhyāśa (अभ्याश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (camatkāra-purasya abhyāśe)

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• prāptāḥ: have reached/arrived
• prāptāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (आप् धातु) + prāpta (प्राप्त कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (P.P.P.) used predicatively; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (vayam)

• pitāmaha: O Grandfather (Brahmā)
• pitāmaha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (पितामह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Munis (sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of sages with kamaṇḍalus and staffs, dust of travel on their feet, pause near a signifying landmark of Camatkārapura; they speak respectfully to Brahmā, hands joined.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• munis (sages)
• Camatkārapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-yātrā is portrayed as a dharmic journey across sacred geography, bringing seekers to auspicious places by divine arrangement.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura is named as the locale approached in this chapter’s tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse mentions pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) as the practice, without detailing bathing, charity, or mantra.