Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तत्राद्यात्पुष्करात्पुण्यं लभिष्यंति शताधिकम् । मया यज्ञः कृतस्तत्र कार्तिक्यां पूर्वपुष्करे

Transliteration

tatrādyātpuṣkarātpuṇyaṃ labhiṣyaṃti śatādhikam | mayā yajñaḥ kṛtastatra kārtikyāṃ pūrvapuṣkare

Translation

ณ อาทิพุษกร (Ādya Puṣkara) ที่นั่น เขาทั้งหลายจักได้บุญ (ปุญญะ) มากกว่าร้อยเท่า เพราะที่นั่นเอง—ณ พุษกรเดิม ในเดือนการ์ตติกะ—เรามิได้ประกอบยัญญะ (yajña) ไว้แล้ว

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time)

• पुष्करात्: from Puṣkara
• पुष्करात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative), एकवचनम्

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

• लभिष्यन्ति: will obtain
• लभिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• शताधिकम्: more than a hundredfold
• शताधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत + अधिक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (शतेन अधिकम्)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agentive by me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• यज्ञः: sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• कृतः: was performed
• कृतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु; क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (done/performed)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम्

• कार्तिक्याम्: in Kārtikī
• कार्तिक्याम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• पूर्वपुष्करे: at the earlier Puṣkara
• पूर्वपुष्करे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व + पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (पूर्वं पुष्करम्)

Speaker

Brahmā (speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ādya Puṣkara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā at an ancient Puṣkara performs a grand yajña in Kārttika; fire altar blazing, priests chanting, devas witnessing; the tīrtha waters nearby shimmer; inscription-like emphasis on ‘hundredfold merit’.

Characters & Entities

• Ādya-Puṣkara
• Pūrva-Puṣkara
• Kārttika (month)
• Yajña
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred place and sacred time amplify puṇya; Puṣkara in Kārttika is presented as exceptionally merit-giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ādya-Puṣkara / Pūrva-Puṣkara within the Puṣkara-traya sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña is referenced as performed by Brahmā at Pūrva-Puṣkara in Kārttika; the verse highlights the resulting amplified merit.