Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

येन गच्छाम्यहं भूयः स्वगृहं प्रति सत्वरम् । मार्गं दृष्ट्वा महाभागे मानुषं प्राप्य कञ्चन

Transliteration

yena gacchāmyahaṃ bhūyaḥ svagṛhaṃ prati satvaram | mārgaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābhāge mānuṣaṃ prāpya kañcana

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าจะกลับไปยังเรือนของตนอีกครั้งโดยเร็วได้ทางใด? โอ้ผู้มีบุญ เมื่อได้เห็นหนทางแล้ว ขอให้ข้าพเจ้าได้พบผู้นำทางที่เป็นมนุษย์สักคน

Word by Word

• येन: by which / with which
• येन: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (instrumental singular of pronoun)

• गच्छामि: I go
• गच्छामि: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष? (न) — उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग-प्रयोगे, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भूयः: again / further
• भूयः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• स्वगृहम्: one's own house
• स्वगृहम्: कर्म (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य गृहं)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: दिशा/सम्प्रदान-सम्बन्ध (towards)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/पूर्वसर्ग-स्वरूपेण तथा अव्यय-प्रयोगः (preposition: towards)

• सत्वरम्: quickly / in haste
• सत्वरम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial accusative)

• मार्गम्: path
• मार्गम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया (having seen)

• महाभागे: O fortunate lady
• महाभागे: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्याः)

• मानुषम्: a man / human
• मानुषम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having reached / having met
• प्राप्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; उपसर्गः प्र- (having reached/obtained)

• कञ्चन: someone / a certain (person)
• कञ्चन: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-विशेष्य (indefinite: someone)

Speaker

King Kalaśa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler (or kingly figure) pauses at the edge of a sacred settlement, palms joined, asking an auspicious cowherd-woman/figure for the way home and for a human guide; the kṣetra’s boundary markers and a distant shrine are visible.

Characters & Entities

• Nandinī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic pilgrimage is both mystical and practical—divine encounters lead to concrete guidance for righteous return and worldly duties.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request occurs within the Camatkārapura-kṣetra episode, whose greatness is then stated by Nandinī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concerns direction and guidance, a common feature in tīrtha narratives.