Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

आगत्य च चकारोच्चैर्यात्रां तत्रादरेण सः । दृष्ट्वा माहात्म्यमतुलमयोध्यायाः सविस्मयः

Transliteration

āgatya ca cakāroccairyātrāṃ tatrādareṇa saḥ | dṛṣṭvā māhātmyamatulamayodhyāyāḥ savismayaḥ

Translation

Tendo ali chegado, realizou a peregrinação com grande reverência; e, ao contemplar a grandeza incomparável de Ayodhyā, ficou tomado de assombro.

Word by Word

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: गम्, उपसर्ग: आ-; ‘having come’

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

• चकार: did, performed
• चकार: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; ‘did/made’

• उच्चैः: aloud, loudly
• उच्चैः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage, journey
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

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

• आदरेण: with reverence
• आदरेण: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; भावे ‘with reverence’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘having seen’

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• अतुलम्: incomparable
• अतुलम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) माहात्म्यम्-विशेषणम्

• अयोध्यायाः: of Ayodhya
• अयोध्यायाः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयोध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• सविस्मयः: astonished
• सविस्मयः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक: स + विस्मय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) सः-विशेषणम्; समासः: कर्मधारय (‘with astonishment’)

Speaker

Agastya (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor(s) in the māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharma, having completed rites and visits, stands overlooking Ayodhyā’s sacred panorama—temple spires, ghāṭs, pilgrims—his face lit with astonished devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhyā
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage done with reverence reveals the deeper māhātmya of a holy place and awakens awe and faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā itself is explicitly glorified as possessing incomparable greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake the yātrā with ādara (reverence); the verse highlights the attitude of devotion rather than a technical ritual.