Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

चमत्कारपुरे तुभ्यं मातुलो जनकस्तथा । संतिष्ठते महाभाग तत्पार्श्वे त्वमितो वज

Transliteration

camatkārapure tubhyaṃ mātulo janakastathā | saṃtiṣṭhate mahābhāga tatpārśve tvamito vaja

Translation

ஓ மகாபாகனே, சமத்காரபுரத்தில் உன் மாமன் ஜனகர் வாழ்கிறார். ஆகவே இங்கிருந்து சென்று அவரருகே தங்குவாயாக.

Word by Word

• चमत्कारपुरे: in Cāmatkārapura
• चमत्कारपुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); अधिकरणम्; समास: चमत्कारस्य पुरम्

• तुभ्यम्: to you/for you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• मातुलः: maternal uncle
• मातुलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जनकः: father
• जनकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb/particle: also/likewise)

• संतिष्ठते: stands/remains
• संतिष्ठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); समास: महा + भाग

• तत्पार्श्वे: by his side/near him
• तत्पार्श्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); अधिकरणम्; समास: तस्य पार्श्वे

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: from here/hence)

• वज: go
• वज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A travel-instruction moment: an elder directs the youth toward Camatkārapura; Janaka is envisioned as a rājaṛṣi in a modest court or hermitage-court setting.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Camatkārapura
• Janaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is supported through proper guardianship and righteous association (sat-saṅga) in times of vulnerability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura is named as a significant place in the narrative, though its tīrtha-glorification is not explicit in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical instruction is given: go and reside near Janaka; no formal rite is specified.