Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अथ ते ब्राह्मणास्तस्य चमत्कारपुरोद्भवाः । देवता दर्शनार्थाय प्राप्ता दृष्ट्वा कलेवरम्

Transliteration

atha te brāhmaṇāstasya camatkārapurodbhavāḥ | devatā darśanārthāya prāptā dṛṣṭvā kalevaram

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ആ അത്ഭുത സംഭവത്തിൽ വിസ്മയിച്ച ബ്രാഹ്മണർ ദേവദർശനാർത്ഥം അവിടെ എത്തി, അവന്റെ ദേഹം കണ്ടു।

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Avyaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय = then

• te: those
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• brāhmaṇāḥ: brahmins
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• camatkāra-purodbhavāḥ: arisen after a marvel/preceded by wonder
• camatkāra-purodbhavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: camatkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (puras = 'before/previously' as upapada: 'camatkāra-pura-udbhavāḥ' = arising after/preceded by wonder), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् ब्राह्मणाः प्रति

• devatāḥ: deities
• devatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• darśana-arthāya: for seeing (for the purpose of a दर्शन)
• darśana-arthāya: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष: 'darśanāya arthaḥ' = for the purpose of seeing), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• prāptāḥ: arrived
• prāptāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'having arrived'

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वान्त) = having seen

• kalevaram: body
• kalevaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalevara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas, startled and reverent, arrive at the liṅga-shrine; they look toward the still body lying nearby, their faces mixing awe and concern.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Devatās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places and intense practice are depicted as drawing divine attention, culminating in darśana and wonder.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative remains within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya framework of Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the arrival for darśana and the witnessing of the body.