Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तेन पूर्वमपि प्रायस्तत्क्षेत्रमवलोकितम् । दुर्योधनसमायुक्तो यदा तत्र समागतः

Transliteration

tena pūrvamapi prāyastatkṣetramavalokitam | duryodhanasamāyukto yadā tatra samāgataḥ

Translation

Trước đó nữa, ngài hầu như đã chiêm ngưỡng thánh địa ấy rồi. Và khi đến nơi ấy cùng Duryodhana, ngài lại bước vào vùng đất thiêng ấy một lần nữa.

Word by Word

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pūrvam: previously
• pūrvam: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे प्रयुक्तम्; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (formerly/before)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• prāyaḥ: generally
• prāyaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रायः-शब्दः (generally/for the most part)

• tat-kṣetram: that sacred field
• tat-kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वनाम-पूर्वपद: तत्-क्षेत्रम् = that field); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• avalokitam: was seen/observed
• avalokitam: Karma (Predicative/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√lok (धातु)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कर्तरि/कर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थे—दृष्टम्/अवलोकितम् (seen/observed)

• duryodhana-samāyuktaḥ: accompanied by Duryodhana
• duryodhana-samāyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duryodhana (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (प्रातिपदिक; √yuj क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया/सह: दुर्योधनेन समायुक्तः = accompanied by Duryodhana); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied subject)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Temporal connector/कालसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-सम्बन्धबोधक (when)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (there)

• samāgataḥ: arrived
• samāgataḥ: Karta (Subject-predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: भूतकालिक कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अर्थे—आगतः (having come)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arjuneśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience/inquirer (unspecified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A flashback-like depiction: Arjuna recalling an earlier visit to the same sacred field, with Duryodhana present; the landscape remains constant, emphasizing the timelessness of the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Kṣetra (holy field)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repeated darśana (beholding) of a kṣetra is itself meritorious; holy places draw even great warriors back again and again.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A named kṣetra within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context (the passage proceeds toward Arjuneśvara and a Vaiṣṇava prāsāda), indicating a locally celebrated tīrtha-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite here; the emphasis is on arrival and kṣetra-darśana as a sacred act.