Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

ततस्तेषां सुतैः पौत्रैर्नप्तृभिश्च सहस्रशः । दौहित्रैर्भागिनेयैश्च भूयो भूरि प्रपूरितम्

Transliteration

tatasteṣāṃ sutaiḥ pautrairnaptṛbhiśca sahasraśaḥ | dauhitrairbhāgineyaiśca bhūyo bhūri prapūritam

Translation

Dann wurde es wieder und wieder in großer Fülle erfüllt—durch ihre Söhne, Enkel und Urenkel, zu Tausenden, und ebenso durch die Söhne der Töchter und die Söhne der Schwestern.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक/कालवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सुतैः: by sons; with sons
• सुतैः: Karana (Agent-group instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पौत्रैः: by grandsons
• पौत्रैः: Karana (Agent-group instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नप्तृभिः: by great-grandsons
• नप्तृभिः: Karana (Agent-group instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नप्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (distributive adverb: by thousands)

• दौहित्रैः: by daughter's sons (grandsons)
• दौहित्रैः: Karana (Agent-group instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौहित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भागिनेयैः: by sister's sons (nephews)
• भागिनेयैः: Karana (Agent-group instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागिनेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भूयः: again; further
• भूयः: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (again; moreover)

• भूरि: abundantly; much
• भूरि: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (quantifier adverb: much; abundant)

• प्रपूरितम्: was completely filled
• प्रपूरितम्: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-√पॄ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A generational panorama: elders, sons, grandsons, and extended kin fill the streets and courtyards; rituals, teaching, and daily life continue in abundance around the sacred center.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa lineages/descendants

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma rooted in a sacred place becomes generational—families multiply and continuity of tradition strengthens over time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse describes the flourishing of a tīrtha-linked settlement, but the excerpt does not provide the site-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on demographic and lineage flourishing as a result of stable dharmic life.