Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

कृच्छ्रात्ततो विनिष्क्रांतस्तीर्थात्तस्मान्महीपतिः । यावत्पश्यति चात्मानं द्वादशार्कसमप्रभम्

Transliteration

kṛcchrāttato viniṣkrāṃtastīrthāttasmānmahīpatiḥ | yāvatpaśyati cātmānaṃ dvādaśārkasamaprabham

Translation

苦労して王はそのティールタから出で、やがて自らを見た。十二の太陽に等しい光輝を放っていた。

Word by Word

• कृच्छ्रात्: with difficulty
• कृच्छ्रात्: Apadana (Source/Manner/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान/हेतु-भावे ('with difficulty')

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/देश-कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमसूचक)

• विनिष्क्रान्तः: came out
• विनिष्क्रान्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम् (धातु) + वि + निस् (उपसर्गौ) (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (having come out)

• तीर्थात्: from the sacred ford
• तीर्थात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from that (place)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महीपतिः: the king, lord of the earth
• महीपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + पति (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महेः पतिः)

• यावत्: until, as long as
• यावत्: Adhikarana (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक; 'until/as long as')

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-निपात)

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

• द्वादशार्कसमप्रभम्: having splendour equal to twelve suns
• द्वादशार्कसमप्रभम्: Karma (Object-Complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश + अर्क + सम + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु-पूर्वपद (द्वादशार्क) + तत्पुरुषः (समप्रभः = समानप्रभः)

Speaker

Narrator (exact speaker not stated in excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura-kṣetra tīrtha (garta/kund)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king climbs out of the water with difficulty; as droplets fall, his body shines with overwhelming brilliance—multiple concentric halos like twelve suns; the dark night is dispelled around him.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha
• mahīpati (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s grace is shown through visible transformation—tejas becomes the outward sign of inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha associated with Camatkārapura-kṣetra, from which the king emerges transformed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, snāna/immersion in the tīrtha is the purifying act demonstrated by the story.