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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

चातुर्युंग्यं हि तत्पीठं स्थितानां सिद्धिमाह रेत् । युगानुरूपतः सद्यस्ततो वक्ष्याम्यहं द्विज

Transliteration

cāturyuṃgyaṃ hi tatpīṭhaṃ sthitānāṃ siddhimāha ret | yugānurūpataḥ sadyastato vakṣyāmyahaṃ dvija

Translation

そのピータは四つのユガすべてにわたり霊験を現し、そこに留まる者に成就をもたらす。各時代にふさわしいかたちで速やかに得られるゆえ、ああ二度生まれし者よ、今より我が説き明かそう。

Word by Word
चातुर्युंग्यम्pertaining to the four yugas
चातुर्युंग्यम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचातुर्युंग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to pīṭham)
हिindeed
हि:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात/emphatic particle)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to pīṭham)
पीठम्seat/shrine
पीठम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
स्थितानाम्of those who remain (there)
स्थितानाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Root√स्था (स्था; धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त/PPP used substantively), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘of those who are staying/standing’
सिद्धिम्accomplishment
सिद्धिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/accusative), एकवचन
आहsaid/declared
आह:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अह् (अह्; धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; (IAST 'ret' taken as 'etad')
युगानुरूपतःaccording to the yuga
युगानुरूपतः:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयुग (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुरूप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
Formअव्यय (तद्धितान्त -तस्), क्रियाविशेषण; अव्ययीभावसमासः ‘युगानां अनुरूपतः’
सद्यःimmediately
सद्यः:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)
ततःthereafter
ततः:
Kriya-vishesana (Sequential/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (अपादान/क्रमवाचक adverb: ‘thereafter/from that’)
वक्ष्यामिI will explain
वक्ष्यामि:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (वच्; धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष सर्वनाम, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
द्विजO twice-born
द्विज:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citreśvarī Pīṭha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija (brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic scene: the narrator addresses a brāhmaṇa, pointing toward the pīṭha; behind them, symbolic panels of the four yugas (Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara, Kali) show different styles of worship converging on the same sacred seat.

Characters & Entities
C
Citreśvarīpīṭha
F
Four Yugas

FAQs

True tīrthas remain spiritually potent across changing ages, adapting benefits to yuga-dharma.

The Citreśvarī Pīṭha at Camatkārapura, praised as effective in all four yugas.

A transition into instruction: the speaker announces he will explain the yuga-suitable method for siddhi.

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