Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

त्वत्पिता स्मृतिकारश्च भविष्यति द्विजार्चितः । स्थानस्यास्य न नाशश्च कदाचित्प्रभविष्यति

Transliteration

tvatpitā smṛtikāraśca bhaviṣyati dvijārcitaḥ | sthānasyāsya na nāśaśca kadācitprabhaviṣyati

Translation

Auch dein Vater wird ein Verfasser einer Smṛti werden, geehrt von den Dvija (den Zweimalgeborenen); und die Zerstörung dieses heiligen Ortes wird zu keiner Zeit eintreten.

Word by Word

• त्वत्: of you/your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्मृतिकारः: composer of a smṛti (lawgiver)
• स्मृतिकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक) + कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (Genitive determinative): स्मृतेः कारः = स्मृतिकारः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• भविष्यति: will be/become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• द्विजार्चितः: worshipped by the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजार्चितः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चित (कृदन्त; √अर्च् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-भावः (determinative): द्विजैः अर्चितः = द्विजार्चितः; अर्चित = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle)

• स्थानस्य: of the place
• स्थानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (Negation particle)

• नाशः: destruction
• नाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• कदाचित्: ever/at any time
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (Temporal adverb)

• प्रभविष्यति: will arise/occur
• प्रभविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Jayāditya (Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jayāditya-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deity (the Lord) grants a boon: the devotee’s father will become a revered Smṛti-composer; the sacred place is declared imperishable, with brāhmaṇas as witnesses.

Characters & Entities

• Jayāditya
• Kamaṭha
• Dvija (brāhmaṇas)
• Smṛti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine favor can sanctify both lineage and locale—uplifting dharma through learned tradition and protecting the sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises “this place” (asya sthāna) as indestructible, but the specific toponym is not present in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a prophetic assurance (vara) regarding people and place.