Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तत्प्रभावादहं जाता सुपुण्ये नृपमंदिरे । क्षेत्रस्यास्य प्रभावेन तस्मादत्रैव मे स्थितिः

Transliteration

tatprabhāvādahaṃ jātā supuṇye nṛpamaṃdire | kṣetrasyāsya prabhāvena tasmādatraiva me sthitiḥ

Translation

ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งบุญนั้น ข้าพเจ้าได้บังเกิดในพระราชวังของพระราชาผู้ทรงธรรมยิ่ง และด้วยเดชแห่งเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ ฉะนั้นที่พำนักของข้าพเจ้าจึงอยู่ ณ ที่นี่เอง

Word by Word

• tat: of that
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम्; ‘तत्’ इति ‘प्रभाव’स्य सम्बन्धे (genitive)

• prabhāvāt: from (its) power/effect
• prabhāvāt: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी-अपादान), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• jātā: was born
• jātā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + tā (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे ‘जाता’ = ‘born/come into being’

• supuṇye: in the very meritorious (place)
• supuṇye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी-अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• nṛpa-mandire: in the king’s palace
• nṛpa-mandire: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: नृपस्य मन्दिरम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• kṣetrasya: of the sacred field
• kṣetrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम्; ‘क्षेत्र’स्य विशेषणम्

• prabhāvena: by the power
• prabhāvena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया-करण), एकवचन

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/प्रत्ययार्थक-अव्यय) ‘तस्मात्’ = ‘therefore/from that reason’

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• sthitiḥ: abiding/stay
• sthitiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

The woman (continuing her reflection)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) Pilgrims/sages addressed within the tīrtha-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacred landscape (kṣetra) with a subtle divine presence; the speaker (a transformed being) gestures toward the holy ground, indicating that both noble birth and present abode arise from the kṣetra’s potency.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puṇya yields elevated birth, and a powerful kṣetra draws and anchors beings for further purification—showing the living agency of sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This kṣetra referenced in context is the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it asserts the transformative prabhāva of the kṣetra.