Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तेन पूर्वमपि प्रायस्तत्क्षेत्रमवलोकितम् । दुर्योधनसमायुक्तो यदा तत्र समागतः

Transliteration

tena pūrvamapi prāyastatkṣetramavalokitam | duryodhanasamāyukto yadā tatra samāgataḥ

Translation

Antes também, em grande parte ele já havia contemplado aquele campo sagrado. E quando ali chegou acompanhado de Duryodhana, voltou a entrar nessa região santa.

Word by Word

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pūrvam: previously
• pūrvam: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे प्रयुक्तम्; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (formerly/before)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• prāyaḥ: generally
• prāyaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रायः-शब्दः (generally/for the most part)

• tat-kṣetram: that sacred field
• tat-kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वनाम-पूर्वपद: तत्-क्षेत्रम् = that field); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• avalokitam: was seen/observed
• avalokitam: Karma (Predicative/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√lok (धातु)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कर्तरि/कर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थे—दृष्टम्/अवलोकितम् (seen/observed)

• duryodhana-samāyuktaḥ: accompanied by Duryodhana
• duryodhana-samāyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duryodhana (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (प्रातिपदिक; √yuj क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया/सह: दुर्योधनेन समायुक्तः = accompanied by Duryodhana); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied subject)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Temporal connector/कालसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-सम्बन्धबोधक (when)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (there)

• samāgataḥ: arrived
• samāgataḥ: Karta (Subject-predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: भूतकालिक कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अर्थे—आगतः (having come)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arjuneśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience/inquirer (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A flashback-like depiction: Arjuna recalling an earlier visit to the same sacred field, with Duryodhana present; the landscape remains constant, emphasizing the timelessness of the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Kṣetra (holy field)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repeated darśana (beholding) of a kṣetra is itself meritorious; holy places draw even great warriors back again and again.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A named kṣetra within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context (the passage proceeds toward Arjuneśvara and a Vaiṣṇava prāsāda), indicating a locally celebrated tīrtha-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite here; the emphasis is on arrival and kṣetra-darśana as a sacred act.