Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

यथा नष्टः पशुस्तस्य कृता यद्वदवेक्षणा । यथा प्रदक्षिणा जाता चमत्कारपुरस्य तु

Transliteration

yathā naṣṭaḥ paśustasya kṛtā yadvadavekṣaṇā | yathā pradakṣiṇā jātā camatkārapurasya tu

Translation

“ว่า สัตว์ของเขาที่สูญหายไปนั้น (ได้พบ) อย่างไร และการสืบค้นกระทำเช่นไร; และการเวียนประทักษิณรอบจมัตการปุระได้บังเกิดขึ้นอย่างไร”

Word by Word

• yathā: as/how
• yathā: Sambandha (Correlative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (correlative adverb: ‘as/how’)

• naṣṭaḥ: lost
• naṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √naś धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘paśuḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• paśuḥ: animal/beast
• paśuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tasya: of him/of that (one)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kṛtā: done/made
• kṛtā: Karta (Predicate qualifier/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘avekṣaṇā’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• yadvat: in what manner/as
• yadvat: Sambandha (Correlative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (correlative: ‘in which manner/as’)

• avekṣaṇā: search/looking for
• avekṣaṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ava-īkṣaṇā (प्रातिपदिक; √īkṣ धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yathā: as/how
• yathā: Sambandha (Correlative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक

• pradakṣiṇā: circumambulation
• pradakṣiṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• jātā: occurred/happened
• jātā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √jan धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘pradakṣiṇā’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• camatkāra-purasya: of Camatkāra-pura (the wondrous city)
• camatkāra-purasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: camatkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (निपात)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (adversative/emphatic particle)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Munis / brāhmaṇa-sattamas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A search party looks for a lost animal across a sacred town; the narrative culminates in a devotional circumambulation of Camatkārapura—procession moving clockwise around a central shrine or sacred core, with signs of miracle and relief.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage acts like pradakṣiṇā are presented as pivotal devotional actions within tīrtha narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura is explicitly mentioned as the place around which pradakṣiṇā was performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) is referenced as a key devotional act connected to the sacred place.