Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

नगरत्वं ततो जातं चमत्कार पुरस्य तु । त्रिजातत्वं तु सर्वेषां जातं तत्र विशेषतः

Transliteration

nagaratvaṃ tato jātaṃ camatkāra purasya tu | trijātatvaṃ tu sarveṣāṃ jātaṃ tatra viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Daripada itu lahirlah taraf “kota” bagi pekan yang menakjubkan itu. Dan di sana, khususnya, keadaan sebagai “trijātā” pun timbul bagi mereka semua.

Word by Word

• नगरत्वम्: the state of being a city
• नगरत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगरत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ततः: thereupon, from that
• ततः: Hetu/Artha (Causal/temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः = 'therefrom/then'

• जातम्: arose, came into being
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) 'arisen/produced' (नगरत्वम् इत्यस्य विधेय)

• चमत्कार: wonder, marvel
• चमत्कार: Sambandha (Appositional qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् प्रयोगः (पुरस्य)

• पुरस्य: of the town/city
• पुरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक particle ('but/indeed')

• त्रिजातत्वम्: the state of being trijāta
• त्रिजातत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जातत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तु: and indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक particle

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषण

• जातम्: arose, came to be
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय (त्रिजातत्वम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक adverb ('there')

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'especially/particularly'

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A King (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic depiction of Camatkārapura becoming a ‘nagara’: gates rise, temples appear, streets fill; alongside, a symbolic mark shows the spread of ‘trijātā’ identity among the people.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkāra-pura (wondrous city)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred geography often explains how a place and its people acquire distinctive names and statuses through past causes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘wondrous city’ (camatkāra-pura) is referenced within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, indicating place-based narration even if the tīrtha name is not explicit in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse provides an origin explanation (place-status and group designation).