Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 159

Devanagari script

अत्र पीठे समागत्य प्रथमं ते द्विजोत्तमाः । पूजां सर्वे करिष्यंति मानवा भक्तितत्पराः । पश्चाच्च सर्वपीठस्य यास्यंति च परां गतिम्

Transliteration

atra pīṭhe samāgatya prathamaṃ te dvijottamāḥ | pūjāṃ sarve kariṣyaṃti mānavā bhaktitatparāḥ | paścācca sarvapīṭhasya yāsyaṃti ca parāṃ gatim

Translation

เมื่อมาถึงปีฐะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้เป็นครั้งแรก พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐเหล่านั้นจะได้รับการบูชา และผู้มีจิตศรัทธาจะกระทำการบูชา ณ ที่นี้ จากนั้นพวกเขาจะบรรลุถึงสถานะอันสูงสุด

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deśa/Adhikaraṇa (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• पीठे: at the sacred seat (pīṭha)
• पीठे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• समागत्य: having come
• समागत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त-अव्ययीभाव (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• प्रथमम्: first
• प्रथमम्: Kāla/Krama (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• ते: your / of you
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/related to ‘you’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• द्विजोत्तमाः: the best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक); घटकौ: द्विज, उत्तम
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजानाम् उत्तमाः)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘मानवाः/द्विजोत्तमाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• करिष्यन्ति: will do / will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मानवाः: people / humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भक्तितत्पराः: devoted to devotion
• भक्तितत्पराः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक); घटकौ: भक्ति, तत्पर
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सप्तमी/तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थ (भक्तौ तत्पराः = devoted in devotion)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वपीठस्य: of the entire pīṭha / of all the seat
• सर्वपीठस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पीठ (प्रातिपदिक); घटकौ: सर्व, पीठ
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वं पीठम्)

• यास्यन्ति: will go / will attain
• यास्यन्ति: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘गतिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• गतिम्: state / destination
• गतिम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarvapiṭha / Parama-pīṭha (as described)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arrive at a revered pīṭha; learned dvijottamas are honored; devotees perform pūjā with lamps, flowers, and water; a luminous aura suggests the ‘supreme pīṭha’ granting the highest state.

Characters & Entities

• Pīṭha
• Dvijottama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship at a sacred pīṭha purifies the pilgrim and leads toward the highest spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A revered local pīṭha within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse emphasizes the pīṭha itself rather than naming a wider pan-Indian site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing pūjā (worship) at the pīṭha with bhakti (devotional intent).