Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

चमत्कारपुरं क्षेत्रमेतन्मेध्यमपि स्थितम् । भूयो मेध्यतरं जातं युष्माकं हि समाश्रयात्

Transliteration

camatkārapuraṃ kṣetrametanmedhyamapi sthitam | bhūyo medhyataraṃ jātaṃ yuṣmākaṃ hi samāśrayāt

Translation

Ce lieu sacré nommé Cāmatkārapura est certes pur et de bon augure. Pourtant, par votre seule présence et votre refuge en ce lieu, il est devenu plus sanctifié encore qu’auparavant.

Word by Word

• camatkārapuram: the city of wonder
• camatkārapuram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: camatkāra + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• kṣetram: holy place, field (sacred region)
• kṣetram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• medhyam: pure, fit for sacrifice
• medhyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: medhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), ‘also/even’

• sthitam: is situated, stands
• sthitam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘standing/being situated’

• bhūyaḥ: more, further
• bhūyaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb), ‘again/more’

• medhyataram: purer, more sacred
• medhyataram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: medhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया/प्रथमा (2nd/1st case), एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative)

• jātam: has become
• jātam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘become’

• yuṣmākam: of you (all)
• yuṣmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (for indeed/for)

• samāśrayāt: from (your) resort/refuge (i.e., taking refuge in you)
• samāśrayāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sam-ā-śri (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी (5th case/ablative), एकवचन; भाववाचक-प्रातिपदिक ‘samāśraya’ (resort/refuge)

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests a local/divine voice addressing the Devas or revered guests)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cāmatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker praises the kṣetra Cāmatkārapura, gesturing toward the land while addressing the devas, implying the very ground glows brighter due to their presence.

Characters & Entities

• Cāmatkārapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place becomes even holier through the presence of the righteous; sanctity increases by association with divine and virtuous beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cāmatkārapura-kṣetra is praised as inherently pure and further sanctified by the arrival of exalted visitors.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s increased purity through sacred association (saṅga).