Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ततो जगाम विदुरः स्वपुरं प्रति हर्षितः । कृतकृत्यो द्विजास्ते च चक्रुर्वाक्यं तदुद्भवम्

Transliteration

tato jagāma viduraḥ svapuraṃ prati harṣitaḥ | kṛtakṛtyo dvijāste ca cakrurvākyaṃ tadudbhavam

Translation

ତାପରେ ବିଦୁର ହର୍ଷିତ ହୋଇ ନିଜ ନଗରକୁ ପ୍ରସ୍ଥାନ କଲେ। ସେହି ଦ୍ୱିଜ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ କୃତକୃତ୍ୟ ହୋଇ ସେ ପବିତ୍ର ଅବସରଯୋଗ୍ୟ ବଚନ କହିଲେ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• विदुरः: Vidura
• विदुरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्वपुरं: to his own city
• स्वपुरं: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वं पुरं)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Adhikarana (Directional/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (दिशासूचक/preposition)

• हर्षितः: delighted
• हर्षितः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) √हृष्/हर्ष (to rejoice) — 'having become delighted'

• कृतकृत्यः: one who has accomplished his duty
• कृतकृत्यः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कृतं कृत्यं येन)

• द्विजाः: Brahmins
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/conjunction)

• चक्रुः: did, performed
• चक्रुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• वाक्यम्: statement, utterance
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तदुद्भवम्: arising from that (occasion/source)
• तदुद्भवम्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य उद्भवम् = arising from that); विशेषण (वाक्यम् इति)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vidura, serene and delighted, begins his journey back; brāhmaṇas remain behind, speaking auspicious words and blessings, with ritual items still present—an ending tableau of a pilgrimage rite.

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Dvija (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma performed in connection with a tīrtha brings inner fulfillment (kṛtakṛtyatā) and auspicious outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate passage sits within the Vidureśvara/related tīrtha context of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, though the exact place-name is not stated in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it narrates the completion of a dharmic purpose and the resulting auspiciousness.