Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

कृतौ कथयसीत्येवं वेदिमध्यं समाश्रितौ । उतान्यौ स्थापितौ तत्र चमत्कारपुरांतिकम्

Transliteration

kṛtau kathayasītyevaṃ vedimadhyaṃ samāśritau | utānyau sthāpitau tatra camatkārapurāṃtikam

Translation

انہوں نے پوچھا، “یہ کیسے بنائے یا قائم کیے گئے؟”—یوں کہتے ہوئے سنا گیا کہ وہ دونوں ویدی کے بیچ میں جا کر ٹھہر گئے؛ اور مزید یہ کہ وہاں چمتکار نامی نگر کے نزدیک دو اور بھی پرتیِشٹھت کیے گئے۔

Word by Word

• कृतौ: the two deeds/acts
• कृतौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), द्विवचन (Dual)

• कथयसि: you tell/say
• कथयसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• इति: thus/“that”
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• वेदि-मध्यम्: the middle of the altar
• वेदि-मध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदि (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वेद्याः मध्यं)

• समाश्रितौ: having resorted to / seated in
• समाश्रितौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-श्रि (धातु) → समाश्रित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा (Case 1), द्विवचन (Dual), पुंलिङ्ग (contextual)

• उत: and/also
• उत: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (conj./particle: and/also)

• अन्यौ: the other two
• अन्यौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), द्विवचन (Dual)

• स्थापितौ: were placed/installed
• स्थापितौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थापित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा (Case 1), द्विवचन (Dual), पुंलिङ्ग

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• चमत्कार-पुर-अन्तिकम्: near the city named Cāmatkāra
• चमत्कार-पुर-अन्तिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमत्कार (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चमत्कारपुरस्य अन्तिकम्)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (continued question framing; narrative content embedded)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Oṣadhiprastha–Camatkārapurā kṣetra (as implied in the episode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijas/ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecrated altar-space with a central vedi; two divine presences stationed in the middle, with two additional installations near the city boundary of Camatkārapurā; priests and pilgrims witness the marvel.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Vedi (altar)
• Camatkāra-pura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is localized through consecration and sacred space (vedi), making geography a vehicle of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A shrine-area associated with Camatkāra-pura and an altar (vedi); the verse situates the divine forms near that city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It alludes to installation (sthāpana) of divine forms and their placement at the altar’s center.