Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। सूत उवाच । तत्रैवोज्जयनीपीठमस्ति कामप्रदं नृणाम् । प्रभूताश्चर्यसंयुक्तं बहुसिद्धनिषेवितम्

Transliteration

| sūta uvāca | tatraivojjayanīpīṭhamasti kāmapradaṃ nṛṇām | prabhūtāścaryasaṃyuktaṃ bahusiddhaniṣevitam

Translation

စူတက ပြောသည်—ထိုနေရာ၌ပင် လူတို့၏ ဆန္ဒကို ပေးစွမ်းသော ဥဇ္ဇယနီ၏ သန့်ရှင်းသော ပီဋ္ဌာနရှိ၏။ အံ့ဖွယ်များစွာဖြင့် ပြည့်ဝပြီး စိဒ္ဓများ အများအပြားက လာရောက် စေဝာပြုကြ၏။

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place): ‘there’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): अवधारण ‘indeed/just’

• उज्जयनीपीठम्: the seat/shrine of Ujjayinī
• उज्जयनीपीठम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्जयनी (प्रातिपदिक) + पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘उज्जयन्याः पीठम्’

• अस्ति: exists, is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कामप्रदम्: wish-granting
• कामप्रदम्: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘कामं प्रददाति’

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• प्रभूत: abundant
• प्रभूत: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘abundant/great’

• आश्चर्यसंयुक्तम्: endowed with wonders
• आश्चर्यसंयुक्तम्: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘आश्चर्यैः संयुक्तम्’

• बहुसिद्धनिषेवितम्: frequented by many siddhas
• बहुसिद्धनिषेवितम्: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + निषेवित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘बहुभिः सिद्धैः निषेवितम्’ (frequented/served)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ujjayinī-pīṭha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (implied) Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages / dvijas (generic purāṇic audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred city: river ghāṭs, temple spires, ascetics and siddhas in the air or on rooftops, pilgrims arriving; the atmosphere shimmers with marvel.

Characters & Entities

• Ujjayinī
• Siddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage to a true pīṭha is portrayed as spiritually potent—capable of fulfilling worthy aspirations and revealing divine wonder.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ujjayinī (Ujjain), described as a powerful pīṭha frequented by siddhas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse introduces the sanctity and efficacy of the place.