Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 138

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तत्र यात्रा व्यजायत । तत्र वादित्रघोषेण नादितं भुवनत्रयम्

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya tatra yātrā vyajāyata | tatra vāditraghoṣeṇa nāditaṃ bhuvanatrayam

Translation

« Après quelque temps, il s’y leva une fête de pèlerinage ; et, dans le fracas des instruments de musique, cela résonna comme si les trois mondes étaient emplis de ce son. »

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (of some)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• कालस्य: of time, at a time
• कालस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• यात्रा: pilgrimage, procession
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• व्यजायत: arose, came into being
• व्यजायत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• वादित्रघोषेण: by the sound of musical instruments
• वादित्रघोषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वादित्राणां घोषः)

• नादितम्: resounded
• नादितम्: Kriya-Visheshana (Predicate adjective/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नद् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘made to resound’

• भुवनत्रयम्: the three worlds
• भुवनत्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रीणि भुवनानि)

Speaker

An unnamed man (narrating the rise of the yātrā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura-yātrā (festival context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the brāhmaṇa interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand pilgrimage-festival in the city: processions, banners, conches, drums, cymbals; streets filled, the sound imagined as filling the three worlds.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha-yātrā is not merely travel—it is a sacred collective act that proclaims devotion and awakens dharmic energy in society.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse indicates a yātrā taking place “there” (in the narrative locale); the exact shrine/tīrtha is clarified in the surrounding passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Participation in yātrā/utsava is implied; no detailed injunction (snāna/dāna/japa) is stated in this verse.