Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

चमत्कारपुरे देव तव या मूर्तयः स्थिताः । द्वादशैव प्रमाणेन पूज्याः सर्वदिवौकसाम्

Transliteration

camatkārapure deva tava yā mūrtayaḥ sthitāḥ | dvādaśaiva pramāṇena pūjyāḥ sarvadivaukasām

Translation

ഹേ ദേവാ! ചമത്കാരപുരത്തിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്ന നിന്റെ മൂർത്തികൾ അളവിൽ പന്ത്രണ്ടാണ്; അവയെ സ്വർഗ്ഗവാസികൾ എല്ലാവരും പൂജിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• चमत्कारपुरे: in Camatkārapura
• चमत्कारपुरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार-पुर (प्रातिपदिक; चमत्कार + पुर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (camatkārasya puram)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• तव: your; of you
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive sg)

• याः: which (those)
• याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• मूर्तयः: forms; images
• मूर्तयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• स्थिताः: are situated
• स्थिताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थित (प्रातिपदिक; √स्था (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (standing/placed)

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; अत्र विशेषणरूपेण (numeral: twelve)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle: indeed/only)

• प्रमाणेन: by measure; in size
• प्रमाणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• पूज्याः: to be worshipped
• पूज्याः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज् (धातु) यत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (worthy of worship)

• सर्वदिवौकसाम्: of all the gods (heaven-dwellers)
• सर्वदिवौकसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-दिवौकस् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + दिवौकस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वे दिवौकसः)

Speaker

Puṣpa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred city with twelve divine forms of the Lord, each radiant, arranged within a temple complex; devas are shown offering flowers and incense.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura
• Divaukas (celestials)
• Deva (addressed deity: Puṣpāditya/Āditya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is affirmed by cosmic recognition—what is worshipped by the devas becomes a powerful focus for human devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura, presented as a sacred settlement where the Lord’s forms are established and revered.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of the Lord’s established mūrtis; the verse notes their canonical count/measure as twelve.