Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

तथा ये वासुदेवस्य क्षेत्रे केचिद्व्यवस्थिताः । तेषां प्रदर्शनं श्रेयो नित्यं दृष्ट्वा च लप्स्यते

Transliteration

tathā ye vāsudevasya kṣetre kecidvyavasthitāḥ | teṣāṃ pradarśanaṃ śreyo nityaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca lapsyate

Translation

ฉันนั้นแล ผู้ใดพำนักอยู่ในเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของวาสุเทวะ การได้เห็นผู้นั้นเป็นมงคล; และเมื่อได้เห็นเป็นนิตย์ ย่อมบังเกิดสวัสดิ์ทางธรรมอยู่เสมอ

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘likewise/so’)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम्; अनिश्चितार्थक-सर्वनाम (‘some’)

• व्यवस्थिताः: residing/established
• व्यवस्थिताः: Karta (as predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त/PPP)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘स्थिताः/निविष्टाः’

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम्

• प्रदर्शनम्: the sight/seeing (of them)
• प्रदर्शनम्: Karta (Subject of ‘is’ implied/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + दृश् (धातु) → प्रदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• श्रेयः: is beneficial/meritorious
• श्रेयः: Pradhāna-vākya-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; विधेय-नाम (predicate noun)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: ‘always’)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्तम् (Gerund/Absolutive)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• लप्स्यते: will be obtained
• लप्स्यते: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Viṣṇu/Hari (continuing tīrtha benefits)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vāsudeva-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implicit pilgrim-audience within the māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim repeatedly beholds serene residents of Vāsudeva’s precinct—sādhus, brāhmaṇas, temple-servitors—near a shrine; the emphasis is on everyday holiness and the quiet radiance of regular darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Kṣetra (holy precinct)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is contagious through proximity: regular darśana within a Viṣṇu-kṣetra nurtures śreyas (spiritual good).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vāsudeva’s kṣetra—i.e., the Viṣṇu/Cakrapāṇi sacred precinct highlighted in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Practice nitya-darśana: regularly visit/see (pradarśana) those established in the kṣetra, implying ongoing pilgrimage and temple attendance.