Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा गतः सोऽथ कल्पग्रामं मुनीश्वरः । दुःशीलोऽपि तथा चक्रे यत्तेन समुदाहृतम्

Transliteration

evamuktvā gataḥ so'tha kalpagrāmaṃ munīśvaraḥ | duḥśīlo'pi tathā cakre yattena samudāhṛtam

Translation

असे बोलून मुनिश्रेष्ठ कल्पग्रामास गेले. दुःशीलानेही त्यांनी सांगितल्याप्रमाणे तंतोतंत आचरण केले.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vac (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकालार्थे (gone)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conj./particle)

• kalpa-grāmam: to Kalpagrāma
• kalpa-grāmam: Gati-Karma (Destination object/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (नामधेय); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• muni-īśvaraḥ: lord of sages
• muni-īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (मुनीनां ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• duḥ-śīlaḥ: ill-natured
• duḥ-śīlaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥ (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + śīla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (दुष्टं शीलं यस्य/दुष्शीलः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• api: even though
• api: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: concessive)

• tathā: so/accordingly
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• cakre: did/performed
• cakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद-रूपेण आत्मनेपदवत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी धातोः लिट्-रूपम् (perfect)

• yat: what
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक

• tena: by him/thereby
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• samudāhṛtam: declared/mentioned
• samudāhṛtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-ā-√hṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्तः (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि (stated/uttered)

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta’s narration continues in surrounding verses)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalpagrāma (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard frame, not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable muni departs after instructing a morally troubled man; the muni walks toward a sacred village (Kalpagrāma) while the man begins the instructed observance with humility.

Characters & Entities

• Kalpagrāma
• Durvāsā
• Duḥśīla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual progress is shown through faithful follow-through—doing what is taught, not merely hearing it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kalpagrāma is named as a destination tied to the sage’s movement within the tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Carrying out the prescribed temple completion and offerings exactly as instructed.