Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभृति ते विप्राः सर्वे भक्तिपुरःसराः । तस्याः प्रदक्षिणां चक्रुस्तथान्ये मुक्तिहेतवे

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhṛti te viprāḥ sarve bhaktipuraḥsarāḥ | tasyāḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ cakrustathānye muktihetave

Translation

ထိုအချိန်မှစ၍ ထိုဗြာဟ္မဏတို့အားလုံးသည် ဘက္တိကို ရှေ့တန်းထား၍ သူမ၏ ပရဒက္ခိဏာကို ပြုကြ၏။ အခြားသူတို့လည်း မောက္ခအတွက် ထိုသို့ပင် ပြုကြ၏။

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रमवाचक) = thereafter

• prabhṛti: from then on
• prabhṛti: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhṛti (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (अपादानार्थे/आरम्भार्थे) = from (that time) onwards

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• viprāḥ: Brahmins
• viprāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• bhakti-puraḥsarāḥ: led by devotion
• bhakti-puraḥsarāḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + puraḥsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'भक्तिः पुरः (अग्रे) यस्य' → 'भक्तिपुरःसर' = having devotion in front/led by devotion

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pradakṣiṇām: circumambulation
• pradakṣiṇām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• cakruḥ: did/performed
• cakruḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/उपमानार्थक) = likewise/so

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• mukti-hetave: for the sake of liberation
• mukti-hetave: Sampradāna (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'मुक्तेः हेतुः'

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta in frame narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of brāhmaṇas and lay devotees moves clockwise around the Devī’s abode; their faces are calm, intent on liberation; the path is worn smooth by generations.

Characters & Entities

• Viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)
• Devī (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When bhakti leads, even a simple act like pradakṣiṇā becomes a direct instrument of spiritual uplift and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the praise of a Devī in a particular kṣetra described in Adhyāya 64; the site-name is not specified in this standalone line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing pradakṣiṇā of the Devī, undertaken as a mokṣa-sādhana (means to liberation).