Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

कुलानां तारयेत्पार्थ शतमेकोत्तरं नरः । श्रद्धायुक्तं मुदा युक्तं सोत्साहं सस्पृहं तथा

Transliteration

kulānāṃ tārayetpārtha śatamekottaraṃ naraḥ | śraddhāyuktaṃ mudā yuktaṃ sotsāhaṃ saspṛhaṃ tathā

Translation

O Pārtha, ein solcher Mensch erlöst einhunderteins Geschlechter. (Die Übung sei) von Glauben (śraddhā) getragen, mit Freude verbunden, voller Eifer und von innigem Verlangen (nach dem Herrn) erfüllt.

Word by Word

• कुलानाम्: of families/lineages
• कुलानाम्: Karma (Object; genitive of object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

• तारयेत्: should deliver/save
• तारयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative sense) implied by meaning ‘cause to cross/save’

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Count/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• एकोत्तरम्: plus one (i.e., 101)
• एकोत्तरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शतम्) — ‘one more than’

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रद्धायुक्तम्: with faith
• श्रद्धायुक्तम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त; √युज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (implicit कर्म/भाव) — ‘endowed with faith’

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karaṇa (Instrument; manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; भाववाचक

• युक्तम्: joined/possessed (of)
• युक्तम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त; √युज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (implicit कर्म/भाव)

• सोत्साहम्: with enthusiasm
• सोत्साहम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + उत्साह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (स-उत्साह = with enthusiasm)

• सस्पृहम्: with yearning
• सस्पृहम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + स्पृहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (स- स्पृहा = with longing)

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Particle/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक (and likewise)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced; vocative ‘Pārtha’ retained from earlier dialogue tradition)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs worship with intense faith; behind him, a subtle ancestral procession is shown being led upward—symbolic lineages redeemed by one person’s vow.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha
• kula (lineage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A single devotee’s faithful observance can uplift not only oneself but also one’s wider lineage, when performed with sincere inner qualities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse stresses the trans-generational merit (kula-tāraṇa) of the vrata.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the observance with śraddhā (faith), mudā (joy), utsāha (enthusiasm), and spṛhā (earnest aspiration).