Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अथात्मानं स राजेंद्रो यावत्पश्यति तत्क्षणात् । तावत्प्राप्तं धरापृष्ठे कांपिल्य नगरं प्रति

Transliteration

athātmānaṃ sa rājeṃdro yāvatpaśyati tatkṣaṇāt | tāvatprāptaṃ dharāpṛṣṭhe kāṃpilya nagaraṃ prati

Translation

そのとき王たちの主は、己を自覚したその刹那、まさにその瞬間に地上へ到り、カーンピリヤの都の近くに来ているのを見いだした。

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: सम्बन्ध (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: आरम्भ/अनन्तर-अव्यय (sequencer)

• आत्मानम्: himself
• आत्मानम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• राजेन्द्रः: king of kings
• राजेन्द्रः: कर्ता (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः)

• यावत्: as long as/while
• यावत्: सम्बन्ध (Correlation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-अव्यय (correlative: as long as)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (क्षणात्—समासे)

• क्षणात्: from that moment/instantly
• क्षणात्: अपादान/काल (Time-from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• तावत्: just then/so much
• तावत्: सम्बन्ध (Correlation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण-अव्यय (correlative: so much/just then)

• प्राप्तम्: reached/arrived
• प्राप्तम्: क्रिया (Result/state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘प्राप्तम्’ (it was reached)

• धरापृष्ठे: on the earth’s surface
• धरापृष्ठे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा (प्रातिपदिक) + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• कांपिल्य: Kāmpilya
• कांपिल्य: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कांपिल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे अव्ययवत्/विशेषणरूपे (indeclinable-like as place-name qualifier); नगरम् इति विशेषणम्

• नगरम्: city
• नगरम्: कर्म (Goal/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: दिशा/सम्प्रदान (Direction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय/दिशा-प्रदर्शक (preposition: towards)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāṃpilya (as kṣetra-entry point)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal figure ‘awakens to himself’ and beholds the earth beneath; in the same instant he stands near the gates/approach of Kāṃpilya, with townsfolk and distant ramparts visible.

Characters & Entities

• Indradyumna
• Kāṃpilya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine ordinance moves beings swiftly according to karma; the earth becomes the field for renewed merit through place-linked dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Kāṃpilya is introduced as a key geographic setting; the tīrtha-focus unfolds in subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is narrative transition establishing location.