Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

समुद्दिश्य चमत्कारं तस्मात्स्थानात्ततः परम् । चमत्कारपुरं प्राप्य सप्तम्यां सूर्यवासरे

Transliteration

samuddiśya camatkāraṃ tasmātsthānāttataḥ param | camatkārapuraṃ prāpya saptamyāṃ sūryavāsare

Translation

แล้วเขาตั้งจิตมุ่งสู่ ‘จมัตการะ’ อันเป็นสถานแห่งอัศจรรย์ ออกจากที่นั้นแล้วเดินทางต่อไป ครั้นถึงวันสัปตมี ตรงกับวันอาทิตย์ (สุริยวาร) ก็ได้ถึงจมัตการปุระ

Word by Word

• समुद्दिश्य: having indicated/aimed at
• समुद्दिश्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उद् + √दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (Gerund/absolutive)

• चमत्कारम्: a miracle; wonder
• चमत्कारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्

• स्थानात्: from the place
• स्थानात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ततः: then; from there
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देश/कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम्

• परम्: further; thereafter
• परम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषणम् (further/afterwards)

• चमत्कार-पुरम्: Camatkārapura (Wonder-city)
• चमत्कार-पुरम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; गन्तव्य-स्थानम्

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (Gerund/absolutive)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; तिथिवाचकम्

• सूर्य-वासरे: on Sunday
• सूर्य-वासरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कालवाचकम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; continuing from Janāḥ report)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone brāhmaṇa pilgrim departs and journeys onward; the sun dominates the sky as he reaches Camatkārapura on Saptamī Sunday—an auspicious convergence of day and lunar date.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura
• Saptamī
• Sunday (Sūryavāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is portrayed as purposeful movement toward sanctity, aligned with auspicious sacred time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura, approached specifically on Sunday Saptamī for Sūrya-related merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Timing is prescribed: reaching/observing the rite on Saptamī that falls on a Sunday.