Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

यद्देवैः सकलैर्दृष्टैश्चमत्कारपुरोद्भवैः । फलमाप्नोति तद्दृष्टौ तेन तत्फलमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

yaddevaiḥ sakalairdṛṣṭaiścamatkārapurodbhavaiḥ | phalamāpnoti taddṛṣṭau tena tatphalamāpnuyāt

Translation

ദേവന്മാർ എല്ലാവരും അത്ഭുതചമത്കാരനഗരത്തിൽ ആ ദേവനെ ദർശിച്ച് ലഭിച്ച ഫലം എന്തോ, അവിടെ അവനെ ദർശിക്കുന്നവനും അതേ ഫലം തന്നെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; relative pronoun (यद्)

• devaiḥ: by the gods
• devaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• sakalaiḥ: by all
• sakalaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवैः)

• dṛṣṭaiḥ: having seen / who have seen
• dṛṣṭaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + kta (क्त) → dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); विशेषण (देवैः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• camatkāra-purodbhavaiḥ: arisen from the wondrous city
• camatkāra-purodbhavaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: camatkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थः—‘चमत्कार-पुरात् उद्भवाः’ इति; विशेषण (देवैः)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• āpnoti: obtains
• āpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• dṛṣṭau: upon seeing / in the act of seeing
• dṛṣṭau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• tena: thereby / by that
• tena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental ‘by that/therefore’

• tat-phalam: that fruit
• tat-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—‘तत् एव फलम्’

• āpnuyāt: should obtain
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta relating the Māhātmya to Ṛṣis)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaidiśa-kṣetra (implied in immediate narrative context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant deity in a marvel-filled city; devas in the sky witnessing and offering flowers; pilgrims below receiving the same blessing through darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy sight (darśana) at an exalted place can confer the same merit as that attained by divine beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse alludes to a ‘camatkāra-pura’ (wondrous city) connected with the deity of this Māhātmya; the exact identification requires adjoining verses of Adhyāya 155.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The central act is darśana—seeing/beholding the deity at the praised location.