Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

परित्यज्य कुमारं तं मृतं तमपि भूमिपम् । चमत्कारपुरं क्षेत्रं समुद्दिश्य ततो ययुः

Transliteration

parityajya kumāraṃ taṃ mṛtaṃ tamapi bhūmipam | camatkārapuraṃ kṣetraṃ samuddiśya tato yayuḥ

Translation

ಆ ಮೃತ ಕುಮಾರನನ್ನೂ—ಆ ರಾಜನನ್ನೂ ಸಹ—ಬಿಟ್ಟು, ಚಮತ್ಕಾರಪುರ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವನ್ನು ಗುರಿಯಾಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಅವರು ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಹೊರಟರು.

Word by Word

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) उपसर्ग-पूर्वक (परि-); अव्ययभाव

• कुमारम्: the boy/prince
• कुमारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तम्: that (one)
• तम्: Anuyogi (Correlative pronoun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मृतम्: dead
• मृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मृ धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• भूमिपम्: the king
• भूमिपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• चमत्कार-पुरम्: Camatkāra-city
• चमत्कार-पुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (camatkārasya puram)

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred place/region
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘चमत्कारपुरम्’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य/अप्पोजिशन

• समुद्दिश्य: having set out toward/aimed at
• समुद्दिश्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) उपसर्ग-पूर्वक (सम्+उद्); अव्ययभाव

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदर्थ-क्रमवाचक (then/from there)

• ययुः: they went
• ययुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (implied; explicit narrator appears as Sūta in the next verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages depart along a road, leaving behind a palace scene with a dead prince and a grieving king; ahead, a distant luminous kṣetra marked by a temple spire or sacred grove labeled Camatkārapura.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāra (prince)
• Bhūmipa (king)
• Camatkārapura-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sages prioritize the sanctity of pilgrimage and dharma over worldly ties to kings and courts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura-kṣetra is explicitly named as the sacred destination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse signals pilgrimage intention toward a holy kṣetra.