Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभृति ते विप्राः सर्वे भक्तिपुरःसराः । तस्याः प्रदक्षिणां चक्रुस्तथान्ये मुक्तिहेतवे

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhṛti te viprāḥ sarve bhaktipuraḥsarāḥ | tasyāḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ cakrustathānye muktihetave

Translation

تب سے وہ سب وِپر (برہمن)، بھکتی کو پیشوا بنا کر، اُس کی پرَدَکشِنا کرنے لگے؛ اور دوسرے لوگ بھی مکتی کے سبب کے لیے ایسا کرنے لگے۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रमवाचक) = thereafter

• prabhṛti: from then on
• prabhṛti: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhṛti (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (अपादानार्थे/आरम्भार्थे) = from (that time) onwards

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• viprāḥ: Brahmins
• viprāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• bhakti-puraḥsarāḥ: led by devotion
• bhakti-puraḥsarāḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + puraḥsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'भक्तिः पुरः (अग्रे) यस्य' → 'भक्तिपुरःसर' = having devotion in front/led by devotion

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pradakṣiṇām: circumambulation
• pradakṣiṇām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• cakruḥ: did/performed
• cakruḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/उपमानार्थक) = likewise/so

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• mukti-hetave: for the sake of liberation
• mukti-hetave: Sampradāna (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'मुक्तेः हेतुः'

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta in frame narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of brāhmaṇas and lay devotees moves clockwise around the Devī’s abode; their faces are calm, intent on liberation; the path is worn smooth by generations.

Characters & Entities

• Viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)
• Devī (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When bhakti leads, even a simple act like pradakṣiṇā becomes a direct instrument of spiritual uplift and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the praise of a Devī in a particular kṣetra described in Adhyāya 64; the site-name is not specified in this standalone line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing pradakṣiṇā of the Devī, undertaken as a mokṣa-sādhana (means to liberation).