Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

यदन्यत्र भवेच्छ्रेयो वत्सरेण तपस्विनाम् । दिनेनैवात्र तत्सम्यग्जायते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

yadanyatra bhavecchreyo vatsareṇa tapasvinām | dinenaivātra tatsamyagjāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ความเลิศทางจิตวิญญาณที่ฤๅษีผู้บำเพ็ญตบะได้ที่อื่นในหนึ่งปี ที่นี่ได้ครบถ้วนในวันเดียวเท่านั้น; ข้อนี้ปราศจากความสงสัย

Word by Word

• यत्: that which / what
• यत्: सम्बन्ध (Correlative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रयोगः (relative pronoun)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: देशाधिकरण (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: elsewhere)

• भवेत्: would be / may occur
• भवेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• श्रेयः: spiritual good / benefit
• श्रेयः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• वत्सरेण: by (means of) a year / in a year
• वत्सरेण: करण (Instrument: by/within a year)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• तपस्विनाम्: of ascetics
• तपस्विनाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• दिनेन: by a day / in a day
• दिनेन: करण (Instrument: by/within a day)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: देशाधिकरण (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: here)

• तत्: that
• तत्: विशेषण/सम्बन्ध (Correlative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण/सम्बन्ध

• सम्यक्: properly / fully
• सम्यक्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• जायते: arises / is produced
• जायते: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: देशाधिकरण (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: here)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Nandinī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: a sun’s single arc over Camatkārapura while ascetics’ year-long austerities elsewhere fade in the background; within the kṣetra, a pilgrim completes snāna and darśana in one day, radiance indicating ‘samyak-jāyate’.

Characters & Entities

• Camatkārapura-kṣetra
• tapasvins (ascetics)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places can ‘compress’ spiritual effort—tīrtha-grace multiplies the fruit of practice when approached with sincerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura-kṣetra is praised as granting in one day the śreyas otherwise achieved in a year elsewhere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No particular rite is specified; the emphasis is on the extraordinary fruit (phala) of staying/visiting even briefly.