Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

फलं श्राद्धस्य चात्र त्वं कारणं शृणु पुत्रक । श्राद्धार्हा ब्राह्मणाश्चात्र चमत्कारपुरोद्भवाः

Transliteration

phalaṃ śrāddhasya cātra tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ śṛṇu putraka | śrāddhārhā brāhmaṇāścātra camatkārapurodbhavāḥ

Translation

‘บุตรเอ๋ย บัดนี้จงฟังเหตุที่ศราทธะให้ผล ณ ที่นี่: พราหมณ์ในถิ่นนี้ ผู้กำเนิดจากจามัตการปุระ เป็นผู้ควรแก่การรับศราทธะอย่างแท้จริง’

Word by Word

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• श्राद्धस्य: of the śrāddha
• श्राद्धस्य: Sambandha (Of/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

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

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग (addressed), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कारणम्: reason/cause
• कारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शृणु: hear/listen
• शृणु: Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुत्रक: dear son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• श्राद्धार्हाः: fit for śrāddha
• श्राद्धार्हाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्राद्धार्ह (प्रातिपदिक; श्राद्ध+अर्ह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (श्राद्धं अर्हन्ति)

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

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

• चमत्कारपुरोद्भवाः: originating from Camatkārapura
• चमत्कारपुरोद्भवाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चमत्कार+पुर+उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; उद्+भू (धातु) से क्त/भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (चमत्कारपुरात् उद्भवाः = arisen from Camatkārapura)

Speaker

The father (deceased king), continuing to instruct in the dream/vision

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣetra associated with Cāmatkārapura Brāhmaṇas (tīrtha name not given in excerpt)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An instructive elder (possibly the manifested figure/father) addresses the son: seated near the tīrtha, he explains calmly that śrāddha succeeds here because the local Brāhmaṇas—descended from Cāmatkārapura—are ideal recipients.

Characters & Entities

• Cāmatkārapura
• Brāhmaṇas
• Śrāddha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The efficacy of rites is linked to both sacred place and worthy recipients; dharma emphasizes proper eligibility (arhatā) in giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cāmatkārapura is glorified—its local Brāhmaṇas are praised as especially fit for śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer śrāddha in that kṣetra to śrāddhārha Brāhmaṇas of Cāmatkārapura to secure full fruit.