Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तत्रैकाहं समुत्पन्ना कन्या तस्य महात्मनः । वृद्धिं गता क्रमेणाथ तस्मिन्नेव तपोवने

Transliteration

tatraikāhaṃ samutpannā kanyā tasya mahātmanaḥ | vṛddhiṃ gatā krameṇātha tasminneva tapovane

Translation

Dort wurde ich als Tochter jenes großherzigen Wesens geboren; und im Lauf der Zeit wuchs ich nach und nach heran, eben dort, in jenem Hain der Askese.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• एका: one
• एका: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘कन्या’)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समुत्पन्ना: born / arisen
• समुत्पन्ना: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उत् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• कन्या: a girl / daughter
• कन्या: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वृद्धिम्: growth
• वृद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गता: (I) attained / reached
• गता: Kriya (Resultant state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) used with implied ‘अस्मि’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• क्रमेण: gradually
• क्रमेण: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भाव (instrumental of manner)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: then/and)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• तपोवने: in the grove of austerity
• तपोवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तपसः वनम्)

Speaker

Śāṇḍilya (continuing narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kurukṣetra (tapo-vana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young girl growing up in an ascetic grove: simple hut, sacred fire area, elders in meditation, the child learning chores amid forest calm.

Characters & Entities

• Kurukṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual culture is formed by environment: life in a tapovana nurtures discipline, service, and readiness for sacred instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting continues at Kurukṣetra’s āśrama/tapovana milieu, though no new tīrtha name is added in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes upbringing in a place of tapas.