Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तेन तत्पावनं क्षेत्रं सर्वेषामिह कीर्तितम् । कामदं मुक्तिदं चैव जायते सर्वदेहिनाम्

Transliteration

tena tatpāvanaṃ kṣetraṃ sarveṣāmiha kīrtitam | kāmadaṃ muktidaṃ caiva jāyate sarvadehinām

Translation

เพราะเหตุนั้น เขตอันชำระให้บริสุทธิ์นั้นจึงได้รับการสรรเสริญ ณ ที่นี้เพื่อชนทั้งปวง มันเป็นผู้ประทานความปรารถนา และเป็นผู้ให้โมกษะแก่สรรพสัตว์ผู้มีร่างกาย

Word by Word

• tena: by him / by that
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; Instrumental pronoun

• tatpāvanam: that-purifying
• tatpāvanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + pāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत् पावनम् इति तत्पुरुषः (determinative); विशेषणम् (kṣetram)

• kṣetram: sacred place/field
• kṣetram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; “of all”

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• kīrtitam: is proclaimed
• kīrtitam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kīrt (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (kṣetram): “is declared”

• kāmadam: wish-granting
• kāmadam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कामं ददाति इति उपपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (kṣetram)

• muktidam: liberation-giving
• muktidam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukti + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—मुक्तिं ददाति इति उपपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (kṣetram)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• jāyate: becomes
• jāyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; “comes to be/becomes”

• sarvadehinām: of all embodied beings
• sarvadehinām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + dehin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वे देहिनः इति कर्मधारय-प्रायः (determinative); Genitive: “of all embodied beings”

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acaleśvara-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims of varied ages and stations receive blessings at a Śiva shrine; one group prays for worldly boons, another meditates for liberation; the kṣetra radiates purifying light.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣetra
• Mukti (liberation)
• Kāma (desired aims)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha harmonizes worldly welfare and ultimate freedom, guiding beings from kāma toward mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The purifying Acaleśvara-kṣetra described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse summarizes the general fruits (phala) of the kṣetra.