Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा स मुनिस्तस्य पितुर्मम वचोऽखिलम् । ततश्चित्रेश्वरं पीठं समायातोऽथ सन्मुनिः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā sa munistasya piturmama vaco'khilam | tataścitreśvaraṃ pīṭhaṃ samāyāto'tha sanmuniḥ

Translation

スータは言った。父のために私が語ったこの言葉のすべてを聞き終えると、その善き牟尼はチトレーシュヴァラ（Citreśvara）の聖なる座（ピータ）へと赴いた。

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• muniḥ: the sage
• muniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pituḥ: of (his) father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vacaḥ: speech, words
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• akhilam: entire, all
• akhilam: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/कालवाचक (from then/thereafter)

• citreśvaram: Citreśvara (name of a deity/place)
• citreśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citra (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (नाम)

• pīṭham: seat, sacred shrine
• pīṭham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• samāyātaḥ: came, arrived
• samāyātaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-yāta (कृदन्त; √yā (धातु) + सम्+आ उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle) प्रयुक्तः क्रियार्थे

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक/समुच्चयार्थक (then)

• san-muniḥ: the good sage
• san-muniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied standard frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates; the sage, having listened attentively, sets out and arrives at Citreśvara—shown as a sanctified seat with liṅga/altar, flags, and a quiet sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Citreśvara
• pīṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After receiving instruction, the seeker proceeds to the sanctified place where teaching becomes lived practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Citreśvara-pīṭha is explicitly named as the sacred destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage/approach to the pīṭha as the next step after hearing the instruction.