Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभृति ते ख्याते क्षेत्रे तत्र महोदये । अंबावृद्धाभिधाने च पुररक्षापरे सदा

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhṛti te khyāte kṣetre tatra mahodaye | aṃbāvṛddhābhidhāne ca purarakṣāpare sadā

Translation

ນັບແຕ່ນັ້ນມາ ທັງສອງກໍເປັນທີ່ລືອຊາໃນກະເສດຣະອັນມີມະຫາອຸທັຍມົງຄຸນນັ້ນ ທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ ອຳບາວຶດທາ ແລະມຸ່ງໝັ້ນປົກປ້ອງນະຄອນຢູ່ເສມອ।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: कालाधिकरण (Temporal adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अपादानार्थक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (from then)

• प्रभृति: from (that time) onward
• प्रभृति: कालाधिकरण (Temporal adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; आरम्भार्थक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (starting from)

• ते: they
• ते: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ख्याते: in the renowned (place)
• ख्याते: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्यात (कृदन्त; √ख्या धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणम्

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रे: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: देशाधिकरण (Locative adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम्

• महोदये: at Mahodaya
• महोदये: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; स्थान/नाम (proper/place-name sense)

• अम्बावृद्धाभिधाने: in (the place) named Ambāvṛddhā
• अम्बावृद्धाभिधाने: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बा-वृद्ध-अभिधान (प्रातिपदिक; components: अम्बा + वृद्ध + अभिधान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; नामनिर्देशः (called ‘Ambā-vṛddhā’)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• पुररक्षापरे: devoted to protecting the city
• पुररक्षापरे: विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुर-रक्षा-पर (प्रातिपदिक; components: पुर + रक्षा + पर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (पर = तत्पर)

• सदा: always
• सदा: कालाधिकरण (Temporal adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; नित्यत्ववाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambāvṛddhā (Mahodaya-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In an auspicious temple-town called Ambāvṛddhā, two revered guardian figures stand vigilant at the city threshold, with the Kailāsa-like prāsāda behind them; townspeople offer lamps and flowers as the guardians’ fame spreads.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Ambāvṛddhā (kṣetra/place-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place is upheld not only by worship but by protective divine guardianship that preserves the community and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ambāvṛddhā, named as the kṣetra where the divine protectors became renowned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it establishes the site’s identity and the ongoing protective role of the divine pair.