Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तस्य दैत्यस्य पातेन यथान्ये पर्व तोत्तमाः । अथ हर्म्याणि सर्वाणि चमत्कारपुरे तदा

Transliteration

tasya daityasya pātena yathānye parva tottamāḥ | atha harmyāṇi sarvāṇi camatkārapure tadā

Translation

ด้วยการล้มลงของอสูรตนนั้น ประหนึ่งภูเขาอันประเสริฐอื่น ๆ ถูกสั่นสะเทือน; ครั้นแล้วในกาลนั้น เรือนยอดและคฤหาสน์ทั้งปวงในจมัตการปุระก็พลอยหวั่นไหว

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• दैत्यस्य: of the demon
• दैत्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• पातेन: by (his) fall
• पातेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by the fall)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/just as)

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; qualifying पर्वतोत्तमाः

• पर्वतोत्तमाः: excellent mountains
• पर्वतोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर-अव्यय (then/now)

• हर्म्याणि: mansions/palaces
• हर्म्याणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; qualifying हर्म्याणि

• चमत्कारपुरे: in Camatkārapura
• चमत्कारपुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then/at that time)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal demon collapses; the impact sends tremors through the land; Camatkārapura’s mansions quiver, pillars crack, dust rises—yet a sense of divine victory pervades.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya (demon; Tāraka contextually)
• Camatkārapura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic events in Purāṇic narration leave imprints on inhabited sacred spaces, teaching that adharma’s fall reshapes the world’s order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura is explicitly named, strengthening its identity as the sacred locale whose māhātmya is being narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse continues the place-linked historical/mythic explanation.