Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

जपस्वाध्यायसंपन्नैरग्निहोत्रपरायणैः । गृहस्थधर्मसंपन्नैर्लोकद्वयफलान्वितैः

Transliteration

japasvādhyāyasaṃpannairagnihotraparāyaṇaiḥ | gṛhasthadharmasaṃpannairlokadvayaphalānvitaiḥ

Translation

ആ നഗരം ജപവും സ്വാധ്യായവും സമ്പന്നരായ, അഗ്നിഹോത്രത്തിൽ പരായണരായ, ഗൃഹസ്ഥധർമ്മത്തിൽ നിപുണരായ—ഇഹപരലോകഫലം ലഭിച്ച ജനങ്ങളാൽ നിറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• जपस्वाध्यायसंपन्नैः: by those endowed with japa and svādhyāya
• जपस्वाध्यायसंपन्नैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: japa-svādhyāya-saṃpanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied 'ब्राह्मणैः'); समासः बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (जपेन स्वाध्यायेन च संपन्नाः = endowed with japa and self-study)

• अग्निहोत्रपरायणैः: by those devoted to agnihotra
• अग्निहोत्रपरायणैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agnihotra-parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः तत्पुरुषः (अग्निहोत्रे परायणाः = devoted to agnihotra)

• गृहस्थधर्मसंपन्नैः: by those observing the householder’s dharma
• गृहस्थधर्मसंपन्नैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gṛhastha-dharma-saṃpanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः तत्पुरुषः (गृहस्थधर्मेण संपन्नाः = possessing the householder’s duties)

• लोकद्वयफलान्वितैः: by those endowed with fruits in both worlds
• लोकद्वयफलान्वितैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loka-dvaya-phala-anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः तत्पुरुषः (लोकद्वयस्य फलैः अन्विताः = endowed with fruits in both worlds)

Speaker

King (continuing description of the city/community)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene townscape showing householders performing agnihotra at dawn, some chanting japa with mālā, others teaching svādhyāya; smoke from small altars rises uniformly, conveying collective discipline and peace.

Characters & Entities

• japa
• svādhyāya
• agnihotra
• gṛhastha-dharma
• lokadvaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily discipline—study, mantra, and fire-ritual—makes household life a path yielding welfare here and liberation-oriented merit beyond.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the dhārmic population of the exemplary city (contextually Camatkāra-pura); the tīrtha name is not explicitly repeated here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Agnihotra (daily fire offering), along with japa and svādhyāya as regular disciplines.