Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

रूपवाञ्जायते दक्षः सदा जन्मनि जन्मनि । न वियोगमवाप्नोति कदात्रिद्बांधवैः सह

Transliteration

rūpavāñjāyate dakṣaḥ sadā janmani janmani | na viyogamavāpnoti kadātridbāṃdhavaiḥ saha

Translation

يُولَد وسيماً مقتدراً، ولادةً بعد ولادةٍ في كلّ تجسّد، ولا يذوق قطّ فراقاً عن ذويه وأقربائه في أيّ حين.

Word by Word

• रूपवान्: handsome
• रूपवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘possessing beauty’

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘is born/becomes’

• दक्षः: skilful
• दक्षः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘skilful/competent’

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb of time)

• जन्मनि: in (each) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• जन्मनि: in birth after birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• वियोगम्: separation
• वियोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘attains/experiences’

• कदाचित्: ever, at any time
• कदाचित्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/indefinite time adverb)

• बान्धवैः: with relatives
• बान्धवैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह/करण), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Association marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-प्रयोग/associative particle)

Speaker

Unspecified (Māhātmya narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgara-khaṇḍa framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karṇotpalā-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee emerging from the sacred bath, radiant and composed, greeted by family members; the scene suggests continuity across lifetimes through symbolic repetition (garland motifs, cyclical mandala).

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based dharma and observance are said to yield both spiritual and worldly blessings across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is part of the Karṇotpalā-tīrtha/Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya sequence in Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription is stated here; it describes the fruit (phala) of the preceding observance/merit.