Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

नगरत्वं ततो जातं चमत्कार पुरस्य तु । त्रिजातत्वं तु सर्वेषां जातं तत्र विशेषतः

Transliteration

nagaratvaṃ tato jātaṃ camatkāra purasya tu | trijātatvaṃ tu sarveṣāṃ jātaṃ tatra viśeṣataḥ

Translation

அதனால் அந்த அதிசய நகரத்தின் ‘நகரத் தன்மை’ தோன்றியது; மேலும் அங்கே குறிப்பாக அவர்களெல்லாருக்கும் ‘திரிஜாதத் தன்மை’ உண்டாயிற்று.

Word by Word

• नगरत्वम्: the state of being a city
• नगरत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगरत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ततः: thereupon, from that
• ततः: Hetu/Artha (Causal/temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः = 'therefrom/then'

• जातम्: arose, came into being
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) 'arisen/produced' (नगरत्वम् इत्यस्य विधेय)

• चमत्कार: wonder, marvel
• चमत्कार: Sambandha (Appositional qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् प्रयोगः (पुरस्य)

• पुरस्य: of the town/city
• पुरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक particle ('but/indeed')

• त्रिजातत्वम्: the state of being trijāta
• त्रिजातत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + जातत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तु: and indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक particle

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषण

• जातम्: arose, came to be
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय (त्रिजातत्वम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक adverb ('there')

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'especially/particularly'

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A King (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic depiction of Camatkārapura becoming a ‘nagara’: gates rise, temples appear, streets fill; alongside, a symbolic mark shows the spread of ‘trijātā’ identity among the people.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkāra-pura (wondrous city)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred geography often explains how a place and its people acquire distinctive names and statuses through past causes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘wondrous city’ (camatkāra-pura) is referenced within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, indicating place-based narration even if the tīrtha name is not explicit in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse provides an origin explanation (place-status and group designation).