Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यदन्यत्र शुभं कर्म वर्षेणैकेन सिध्यति । तत्तत्र दिवसेनापि सिद्धिं याति क्षितीश्वर

Transliteration

yadanyatra śubhaṃ karma varṣeṇaikena sidhyati | tattatra divasenāpi siddhiṃ yāti kṣitīśvara

Translation

ข้าแต่เจ้าแห่งแผ่นดิน กรรมอันเป็นมงคลที่ที่อื่นสำเร็จได้ในหนึ่งปี ที่นั่นย่อมบรรลุผลได้แม้ในวันเดียว

Word by Word

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• anyatra: elsewhere
• anyatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anya + tra (अव्यय-निर्माण)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• karma: act, rite
• karma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• varṣeṇa: by (means of) a year; in a year
• varṣeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/कालपरिमाणे प्रयोगः

• ekena: by one, single
• ekena: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• sidhyati: is accomplished
• sidhyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sidh (सिध्, धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक सर्वनाम

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• divasena: by a day; in a day
• divasena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; कालपरिमाणे प्रयोगः

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• siddhim: success, attainment
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• yāti: attains, reaches
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या, धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kṣitīśvara: O lord of the earth (king)
• kṣitīśvara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣiti + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kṣiteḥ īśvaraḥ)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kṣitīśvara / Mahīpati (the king addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or narrator extols a wondrous sacred field where time itself seems shortened; the king listens in awe as the merit of a day equals a year elsewhere.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura
• King (kṣitīśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The potency of a mahā-kṣetra magnifies dharma: sincere auspicious action ripens swiftly where sacred power is concentrated.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura-kṣetra, praised for accelerating the fruition of śubha-karma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General śubha-karma (pious rites such as snāna, dāna, japa, pūjā) is implied; the claim is that results arise in a day there.