Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

एतस्मात्कारणान्नैतदतिक्रामति पुष्पकम् । तत्क्षेत्रं निश्चलीभूतं सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्

Transliteration

etasmātkāraṇānnaitadatikrāmati puṣpakam | tatkṣetraṃ niścalībhūtaṃ satyametanmayoditam

Translation

ด้วยเหตุนี้เอง ปุษปกะจึงไม่ล่วงเลยไปกว่านี้; เหนือเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นมันสงบนิ่ง—นี่คือความจริงที่ข้าพเจ้ากล่าวไว้

Word by Word

• etasmāt: from this
• etasmāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्/पुंलिङ्गम्, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचनम्

• kāraṇāt: because of the reason
• kāraṇāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचनम्

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) / द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; अत्र कर्मरूपे (object)

• atikrāmati: crosses, goes beyond
• atikrāmati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ati-√kram (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्

• puṣpakam: Puṣpaka (the aerial car)
• puṣpakam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) / द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; अत्र कर्तृरूपे (subject)

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'kṣetram')

• kṣetram: the sacred field
• kṣetram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• niścalī-bhūtam: having become immovable
• niścalī-bhūtam: Kriyā-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niścalī (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (कृदन्त; √bhū 'to become')
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः/उपपद-समासः: 'having become motionless'); नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणम्

• satyam: true
• satyam: Kriyā-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; वाक्ये विधेय-विशेषणम् ('true')

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive)/Kartṛ (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• uditam: said, declared
• uditam: Kriyā-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) 'said/uttered'; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; 'etat' इत्यस्य विधेय-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Hanumān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Puṣpaka-vimāna halts mid-sky above the kṣetra, as if held by an unseen sacred force; below lies a radiant field, with subtle divine presences; the narrator’s ‘this is truth’ feels like a seal over the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpaka Vimāna
• Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is portrayed as a real power: even celestial instruments yield to the sanctity of a kṣetra, teaching reverence for sacred boundaries.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, whose spiritual potency halts the Puṣpaka Vimāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on recognizing and honoring the kṣetra’s sacred force.