Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

चमत्कारपुरस्यास्य पश्चिमस्थानमाश्रिताः । सन्त्यन्ये राक्षसास्तत्र मर्यादायां व्यवस्थिताः

Transliteration

camatkārapurasyāsya paścimasthānamāśritāḥ | santyanye rākṣasāstatra maryādāyāṃ vyavasthitāḥ

Translation

ทางทิศตะวันตกของจามัตการปุระนี้ มีรากษสอื่น ๆ อาศัยอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นพวกเขาตั้งมั่นอยู่ภายในขอบเขตแห่งมรยาทา (ระเบียบ)

Word by Word

• चमत्कारपुरस्य: of the city named Camatkāra
• चमत्कारपुरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कारपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—चमत्कारस्य पुरम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पश्चिमस्थानम्: the western place/region
• पश्चिमस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिम-स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—पश्चिमं स्थानम् (कर्मधारय)

• आश्रिताः: having taken refuge in
• आश्रिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अर्थः—आश्रित (having resorted to)

• सन्ति: are
• सन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• राक्षसाः: rākṣasas/demons
• राक्षसाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• मर्यादायाम्: within the boundary/limit
• मर्यादायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्यादा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• व्यवस्थिताः: stationed/settled
• व्यवस्थिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-अव-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अर्थः—स्थित/नियत (stationed, settled)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura / Nāgara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred city with a clearly marked western boundary; shadowy rākṣasas stand restrained at the edge, as if held by an unseen dharmic line; the city glows within, calm and ordered.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even disruptive forces are contained by maryādā—sacred boundaries and dharmic limits that protect holy places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura (within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative) is the named sacred settlement whose protected geography is being described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse describes spatial dharma—how beings are positioned to preserve the sanctity of the place.