Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

चित्रांगदोऽपि तत्रैव तया सार्धं तथा स्थितः । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तत्र क्षेत्रे समाययौ

Transliteration

citrāṃgado'pi tatraiva tayā sārdhaṃ tathā sthitaḥ | kasyacittvatha kālasya tatra kṣetre samāyayau

Translation

చిత్రాంగదుడు కూడా అక్కడే, ఆమెతో కలిసి, అలాగే నిలిచియుండెను. కొంత కాలం గడిచిన తరువాత ఆ పుణ్యక్షేత్రానికి (ఒక దివ్యాగమనం) చేరెను.

Word by Word

• चित्राङ्गदः: Citrāṅgada (name)
• चित्राङ्गदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्राङ्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

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

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (restrictive particle)

• तया: with her / by her
• तया: Sahakarana (Instrument/सहकारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (adverb/preposition ‘together with’)

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• स्थितः: stood, remained
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सम्बन्ध (‘of some’)

• तु: then, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (particle ‘but/then’)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequence/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle ‘then/now’)

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समाययौ: arrived, came
• समाययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (continuation of the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citreśvara (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-group (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Citrāṃgada and the woman remain in the kṣetra, subdued and waiting; time passes; a distant luminous approach hints at an arriving divine presence.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāṃgada
• kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time and sacred space together bring karmic and divine outcomes; the kṣetra becomes the stage for revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same unnamed kṣetra of Adhyāya 144; the following verses indicate a Śaiva locus connected with Citreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it sets the scene for an imminent theophany.