Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

त्रयस्त्रिंशत्समोपेता तीर्थानां कोटिभिर्युता । दधीचेराश्रमं तत्र सोऽविशच्चित्रसंयुतम्

Transliteration

trayastriṃśatsamopetā tīrthānāṃ koṭibhiryutā | dadhīcerāśramaṃ tatra so'viśaccitrasaṃyutam

Translation

Accompagné des Trente-Trois (dieux) et entouré de crores de tīrthas sacrés, il entra là dans l’āśrama de Dadhīci, paré d’une beauté merveilleuse.

Word by Word

• trayastriṃśat: thirty-three
• trayastriṃśat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: trayastriṃśat (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः/समासपूर्वपद; (numeral 'thirty-three', used adjectivally)

• samopetā: endowed with, accompanied by
• samopetā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√i (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (PPP, Feminine, Nom, Singular: 'endowed/attended')

• tīrthānām: of pilgrimage places
• tīrthānām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन (Neuter, Genitive, Plural)

• koṭibhiḥ: with crores (tens of millions)
• koṭibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Plural)

• yutā: joined with, furnished with
• yutā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √yuj (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (PPP, Feminine, Nom, Singular: 'joined/possessed')

• dadhīceḥ: of Dadhīci
• dadhīceḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dadhīci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• āśramam: hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• aviśat: entered
• aviśat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√viś (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Imperfect, 3rd person singular)

• citra-saṃyutam: adorned with marvels/variegated
• citra-saṃyutam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: citra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थः (descriptive determinative: 'endowed with wonders/variegated')

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dadhīci-āśrama tīrtha-mandala

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant procession of the Thirty-Three gods led by Śakra approaches a wondrous hermitage; the āśrama is framed by many small tīrtha pools/ghāṭas, flowering trees, and ascetic huts, suggesting a ‘mandala’ of sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Trāyastriṃśa (33 gods)
• Tīrthas
• Dadhīci
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha-landscape is depicted as spiritually dense—many tīrthas converging around a sage’s āśrama, showing the union of tapas and sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dadhīci’s āśrama situated in the Puṣkara region, portrayed as surrounded by innumerable tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse praises the tīrtha-concentration (tīrtha-koṭi) as a source of merit.