Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

तत्प्रभावेण विप्रेंद्र प्राप्तः पैतामहं पदम्

Transliteration

tatprabhāveṇa vipreṃdra prāptaḥ paitāmahaṃ padam

Translation

Ô meilleur des brāhmaṇas, par la puissance de ce mérite, il atteignit l’état sublime du Grand-Père, le monde/la dignité de Brahmā.

Word by Word

• tat-prabhāveṇa: by/through that power
• tat-prabhāveṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (tasya prabhāvaḥ)

• vipra-indra: O best of Brahmins
• vipra-indra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘विप्राणाम् इन्द्रः’

• prāptaḥ: attained
• prāptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्राप्तः’ = has attained

• paitāmaham: of the grandsire (Brahmā), ancestral
• paitāmaham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• padam: state, position
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker; within Tīrtha-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator addresses a learned brāhmaṇa, declaring that by the power of that act he attained the Paitāmaha state—visualized as ascent toward Brahmā’s luminous realm.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a single meritorious act connected with tīrtha and devotion can elevate one to the highest cosmic attainments described in Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrtha-māhātmya context; the immediate snippet emphasizes the fruit of the act rather than naming the site in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription appears in this verse; it states the resulting attainment (paitāmaha-pada).