Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तेषां सदा वासस्तत्रैवास्तु प्रभावतः । सर्वासां योगिनीनां च मातॄणां च विशेषतः

Transliteration

tasmātteṣāṃ sadā vāsastatraivāstu prabhāvataḥ | sarvāsāṃ yoginīnāṃ ca mātṝṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

ତେଣୁ ସେହି ପ୍ରଭାବରେ ତାଙ୍କର ବାସ ସଦା ସେଠାରେଇ ରହୁ—ବିଶେଷତଃ ସମସ୍ତ ଯୋଗିନୀମାନଙ୍କ ଓ ମାତୃକାମାନଙ୍କର।

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Reason (कारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इत्यव्ययप्रयोग (therefore)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• vāsaḥ: dwelling/residence
• vāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• prabhāvataḥ: by virtue of (their) power
• prabhāvataḥ: Hetu/Reason (कारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'due to power/from power')

• sarvāsām: of all
• sarvāsām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarvā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; योगिनीनाम्/मातॄणाम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• yoginīnām: of the yoginīs
• yoginīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• mātṝṇām: of the Mothers (Mātṛs)
• mātṝṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial -tas), विशेषणार्थक क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mandala-like assembly of Yoginīs and Mātṛkās encircling the kṣetra, with Agastya’s sankalpa sealing their eternal residence; the landscape glows as if ‘claimed’ by śakti guardians.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginīs
• Mātṛkās
• Camatkārapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is defined by enduring divine presence; when established, the sacred powers are understood to abide there continuously.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sanctified region of Camatkārapura-kṣetra, as the stable abode of Yoginīs and Mātṛkās.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is listed; the verse asserts perpetual residence (nitya-vāsa) of the deity-powers at the site.