Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

ततो द्रक्ष्यसि पाताले नगरीं चंपकावतीम् । महामनोहरा राजन्सहितां बालयानया

Transliteration

tato drakṣyasi pātāle nagarīṃ caṃpakāvatīm | mahāmanoharā rājansahitāṃ bālayānayā

Translation

پھر اے بادشاہ! تم پاتال میں چمپکاوتی نامی نہایت دلکش نگری کو دیکھو گے، اور اس دوشیزہ کے ساتھ بھی جو تمہیں وہاں لے جائے گی۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb ‘then/thereafter’

• drakṣyasi: you will see
• drakṣyasi: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular)

• pātāle: in Pātāla (netherworld)
• pātāle: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• nagarīm: a city
• nagarīm: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• caṃpakāvatīm: named Campakāvatī
• caṃpakāvatīm: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṃpakāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (adjective) नगरीम् इति विशेष्यस्य

• mahāmanoharām: very beautiful
• mahāmanoharām: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + manoharā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (adjective) नगरीम् इति विशेष्यस्य

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• sahitām: accompanied (with)
• sahitām: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् नगरीम् इति; ‘सहित’ = accompanied/with

• bālayā: by/with the girl
• bālayā: Sahakāraka/Instrument (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• anayā: by/with this (one)
• anayā: Sahakāraka/Instrument (Apposition to bālayā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśī Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Campakāvatī (mythic)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājan) addressed; also ‘devi’ addressed in adjacent narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king at the threshold of the underworld beholds a radiant subterranean city, led by a youthful Vidyādharī maiden; the entrance suggests a hidden passage beneath waters/earth, with champaka trees and jeweled architecture implied by the name Campakāvatī.

Characters & Entities

• Pātāla
• Campakāvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine guidance can lead a seeker beyond ordinary realms, revealing hidden worlds and karmic outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific Kāśī tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces Campakāvatī in Pātāla within the wider Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is primarily narrative and directional.